# What Race and Belonging means in Short Fiction

> The characters grapple with their connection to the Black community, as seen in Clare's yearning to return to 'her own people' and Irene's conflicted sense of duty and loyalty to the race despite her desire for security.

## Explanation

The characters grapple with their connection to the Black community, as seen in Clare's yearning to return to 'her own people' and Irene's conflicted sense of duty and loyalty to the race despite her desire for security.

Annie Poole's decision to hide Jim Hammer is explicitly tied to his race and the threat of white violence.

Race and Belonging is one of the patterns Short Fiction by Nella Larsen returns to. The chapter notes above are from this edition’s companions — open those chapters to see how the book stages the idea rather than treating the theme as a slogan.

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