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Whenever I read an American classic, I painfully get reminded of how racist they were
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Anonymous 4w

Uhhh have you ever tried black American novelists?

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Anonymous 4w

yes i hate this! it's always so jarring...

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

I have! All of my books written by black American authors have been written more recently though since I just started getting back into reading classics

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

I’ll be honest I’m not an expert or anything, but Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston made me feel many emotions

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4w

coming from an american btw 😞

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

Maybe it’s because I read it for a class, but that book didn’t do it for me 😔

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