A woman waits on a subway platform, head bowed, pretending toignore the insults. Perched on bar stools, a group of friendslisten to racist jokes, suppressing giggles. Kneeling, a youngwar veteran tells his fiancée of his decision to return tocombat. Two men wait expectantly at a job interview. An oldman and a young graffiti artist sit together on a bench,discussing the power of language.