This little short story is based on the narrator akunna, Akunna’s family and friends define the American dream as cars, houses, guns, and plenty of luxuries. “Akunna‘s uncle picks her up from the airport. He buys her a hot dog and takes her to his house in Maine.” Akkuna’s uncle does not seem to most pleasant his behavior isnt ideal and seems to be more horrifying. Even if her uncle’s house and life seem idyllic from the outside, America shows itself to be not exactly hospitable to black people, and this lack of hospitality is expected and seen as normal.
The thing around your neck
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