 The Ironers, by Jacob Lawrence (USA) 1943.
Ironers The weight! And the heat. Strong black women bearing down on other people’s clothes – blue checkered dress orange striped shirt insect-patterned shawl -- they (the ironers) are faceless, identical in sky-blue smocks sky-blue caps pressing down heavy heavy black rectangles while behind them rises red jagged orange endless blue sadness servitude rage Catherine Allen Catherine Allen is a cultural anthropologist and writer. Her publications include poems (Rhino, Anthropology & Humanism), ethnography, creative non-fiction and an ethnographic drama. She lives in Greenbelt, MD with her dog Jimmy.
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