Why is Baltimore an important setting to the story?

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One of the mentions of Baltimore shows how it is metaphor for black women: "Baltimore is a land where the river and seas meet. It can't keep quiet or still. So when people tried to bind it in legal contracts, they had no right. They couldn't keep it there. Next, they steamed rolled it, prisoned it in tar and rocked it over. They were bent on paving it into submission. They tried to fix it by plaquering it with people names. Jailed it in fencing and blasted it with basketballs, like loose confetti. These balls keep the Baltimore seagulls at bay. No nesting or chicks near the courts, places where basketballs ricochet from backboard to black man to white guy to lesser known women to ghostly reporters to microphones across fiber optics and cameras that crowd around Steph Curry and the fluid swish of his satin shorts-and capture the glimmer image of an American hero, the man-until she stops it, this renegade role model Riley."

Why Is Baltimore an Important Setting to the Story