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What is /lit/'s view of DFW? To some, he is the apotheosis of brolit, the pretentious fave, arrogant, library fratbro, majority white audience, suburban mayonnaise ass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S85K7lHoL0Q
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>>24958495
not sure i understand. Do her thoughts carry more weight because she is black.
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>>24958807
Some blacks think this but a good chunk just know they can get on that minstrel show vibe money by going "I am black" so liberal white people click to get an opinion from one.
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>>24958495
a black person reacts positively to your favorite cracker mayo ass band/show/book for clicks. boomers love dat shit
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>>24958807
White libs have fostered that thought yeah
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I unironically like watching blacks discover white culture stuff like radiohead and Jeff Buckley. I know they are being overly positive on purpose but its still fun bc it's easy to belive they have only heard their dumb groid sounds all their lives
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>>24958495
a black woman is speaking
listen and learn
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>>24958495
>>24958495 (OP)
To some, this reviewer is the apex of niggardliness, the obese fave, bossy, virtue-signalling hooker, majority black audience, ghetto nigger ass
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>>24958966
and those people have never heard her speak
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>>24958495
Black girls have thoughts now?
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>>24958495
She says she loves Infinite Jest but feels the way David treated race, specifically black matters, was pretty weird and uncomfortable—but that that still doesn't undermine its real greatness in her eyes. She admits too she is not close to 100% able to articulate what exactly is wrong with his portrayal, because it's complicated.
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>>24958807
Being an outlier perspective is sometimes relevant, I doubt quintessentially boring white male authors have huge black readerships much like Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison don’t get a lot of boring white male readers.
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>>24958973
just as DFW has not been read by those who repeat the "brolit" meme



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