Desertions is an ongoing series dedicated to race treason, unholy alliances, and insurgent communities. Its focus is on those friendships, encounters, and events that contribute to the refusal and subversion of dominant identities.

Under what conditions have we escaped the fate laid out for us by the racialized spectacle? When and where did we become unwilling to play the part it had assigned us? What routes led us there? What limits did we encounter?