"Hi."
"Hi."
"I'm looking for a book on the Magna Carta - that centers black and brown voices."
"This feels like a trick."
"No, I'm looking for a book on one of the most important political events in Western history that centers black and brown folks."
Okay. A, I can tell you said folks with an X there. Uh, B, none of those books really exist because there weren't a lot of black and brown people in 1200s England.
"Okay. Well, I'm sure you have a whole section dedicated to the history of white penises."
"There is a shelf. Yes. Uh, I'll tell you what. I will uh look in the system and see what I can find for you."
"Great."
"Okay. The best I can do is this. It's an autobiography of a 19th century former Georgia slave named Magnus Carter. Uh, entitled Going to Heaven Won't Make Up for What You People Did to Me. Oh god.
"That sounds great. I actually will take a copy of that. But you're telling me you don't have anything on the Magna Carta that centers black and brown and indigenous voices?"
"Indigenous? Yeah, absolutely. Actually, if you go over to that section, there is nothing but books about how the Magna Carta affected indigenous people."
"Okay, great. Thank you so much."
"She is not going to be happy when she finds out what color the people indigenous to England are."
