Flannery O’Connor may have been a racist, but her depiction of the fragility of white racism is spot on.
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O’Connor: Some Racism but Still Great
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O’Connor’s Christianity and Racism
“Artificial Nigger” can be read two ways–either as a story of sin and redemption or as a story of Whites finding unity by scapegoating Blacks. A definitive interpretation may depend on readers’ reactions.
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