http://www.altruisticbs.com/nigger-in-literature#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Black literature, dope music, drool-worthy gadgets and publication rejections. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:27:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.altruisticbs.com/nigger-in-literature/comment-page-1#comment-181 Literary Nobody Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:53:52 +0000 http://www.altruisticbs.com/?p=1062#comment-181 Yeah recently I was reading Hemingway's The Sun also Rises and there was a character in there referred to as "the nixxer" throughout. I couldn't help but to be offended that instead of this character being given an identity he was classified by his derogatory moniker. But, like you mentioned that was the way of the world then. could you imagine being a person with literary aspirations back then and thinking the world at large identified you by that name. It really brought to light how insignificant black people were in those times. What a difference half a century can make. Yeah recently I was reading Hemingway's The Sun also Rises and there was a character in there referred to as “the nixxer” throughout. I couldn't help but to be offended that instead of this character being given an identity he was classified by his derogatory moniker. But, like you mentioned that was the way of the world then. could you imagine being a person with literary aspirations back then and thinking the world at large identified you by that name. It really brought to light how insignificant black people were in those times. What a difference half a century can make.

]]> http://www.altruisticbs.com/nigger-in-literature/comment-page-1#comment-179 Literary Nobody Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:53:52 +0000 http://www.altruisticbs.com/?p=1062#comment-179 Yeah recently I was reading Hemingway's The Sun also Rises and there was a character in there referred to as "the nixxer" throughout. I couldn't help but to be offended that instead of this character being given an identity he was classified by his derogatory moniker. But, like you mentioned that was the way of the world then. could you imagine being a person with literary aspirations back then and thinking the world at large identified you by that name. It really brought to light how insignificant black people were in those times. What a difference half a century can make. Yeah recently I was reading Hemingway's The Sun also Rises and there was a character in there referred to as “the nixxer” throughout. I couldn't help but to be offended that instead of this character being given an identity he was classified by his derogatory moniker. But, like you mentioned that was the way of the world then. could you imagine being a person with literary aspirations back then and thinking the world at large identified you by that name. It really brought to light how insignificant black people were in those times. What a difference half a century can make.

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