Race

David Mamet wrote about his play in a recent essay comparing race with sex, and denoting that truth can never be revealed about the two things. A high-profile wealthy white businessman is accused of raping a black woman in a hotel room. He seeks counsel from a law firm that has an African American as a partner. The lawyers give their potential client, who claims the sex was consensual, a reality check on the conspiracies of the American legal system, the media and, most of all, race. But not everything is black and white — or is it?