![]() ![]() ![]() America would no longer be that thrilling place of unbelievable oppositions and spectacular violence that makes more equitable countries appear so tame and uneventful in comparison. White college kids would not smoke weed in their dorms while their black peers caught mandatory sentences for selling it to them. A space launch would not be hard followed by a riot. Description Written during the early months of lockdown, Intimations explores ideas, feelings and questions prompted by an unprecedented situation, in which Zadie Smith clears a generous space for thought, open enough for each reader to reflect on what has happened - and what should come next. There would no longer be too many people who count their wealth in the multimillions and too many who live hand to mouth. There would no longer be those who are taught Latin and those who are barely taught to read. They wouldn’t disappear-no country on Earth can claim that-but some things would no longer be considered normal. “If the virus and the inequalities it creates were ever to leave us, America’s extremities would fade. ![]()
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