'Mirrors in Every Corner' sheds a new light

San Francisco Chronicle

by Regan McMahon

How do we talk about race in contemporary America?

President Obama addressed the question in his historic campaign speech in March 2008. Others, like 25-year-old poet and playwright Chinaka Hodge, do it with their art. Her provocative play "Mirrors in Every Corner," which opens tonight at Intersection for the Arts, explores what happens to an African American family in Oakland after the mother gives birth to a Caucasian baby.

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