“There is a contradiction at the heart of our idea of open dialogue: while it seems to depend on the idea of leaving open space for ambiguity, uncertainty, and the contingent, it is grounded in — and perhaps even depends upon — de facto limits of who can speak and what can be said.”

Aruna D’Souza, Whitewalling—Art, Race, and Protest in 3 Acts (Badlands Unlimited, 2018).