You'll see that the speaker - Robby - reflects on the challenges of living "in a world that hates you." By way of transitioning from the work of Butler and Foucault to that of Wideman, let's do some thinking about how Butler and Foucault might assess Robby's situation. In the passage from "Our Time," Robby speaks race, "the system," and the "square world." Can you use Butler and/or Foucault to explain what forces are affecting him? The last slide on the link above gives you two passages - one from Foucault and one from Butler - to help you begin.