At the end of this Phone Event of intricate street directions, the suggestion
that you might need a map is to be taken seriously. Farnsworth's
three minute recitation of right turns and street names negotiates a strange
layout of streets on the border of Detroit and its suburb most identified
with Henry Ford, Dearborn.
Of the many possible meanings, one that leaps to the mind of
any long-time resident is race. Dearborn was mayored from 1942 to
1978 by Orville Hubbard, a politician secure in his office thru the appeal
of blatant racism to the white voters of Dearborn. Detroit, especially
under the leadership of Coleman Young in 1973, represented
a struggle for racial justice. With a map, the street-wise caller
can see that Farnsworth's directions describe a spiral that terminates
at an "X" intersection precisely on the border of these two communities.
"And you'll be there!", she exclaims.
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