Faulkner helps me understand my past growing up in the racist south. Sadly, he’s still relevant.
Tag Archives: Absalom Absalom!
Faulkner Understood How Racism Works
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Lit that Features the N-Word: What to Do
Now to teach White literature that employs the n-word? Balance with Black literature.
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Faulkner on Racism: Sadly, Still Relevant
Faulkner’s “Absalom, Absalom!” understands White America’s race hatred in a deep way that is still revelant.
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Proust on Why the Poor Support the Rich
Why do White working-class GOP supporters support programs helping the rich? Proust and Faulkner have possible answers.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged In Search of Lost Time, Marcel Proust, poverty programs, Swann's Way, White working class resentment, William Faulkner Comments closed
