 a very sense of violent racism. And in that moment, if you can imagine, I'm at the precipice of deciding which way to go. Do I subvert myself? Do I silence my voice and try to mimic a type of structure that will work to get their approval, which would not be me? Or do I become the radical person and continue to write that way and then risk all the benefits and privileges that I thought came with completing an MFA in creative writing from a prestigious institution?