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+ Al Feldstein, EC Comics, joe orlando, judgement day, race, Shock SuspenStories

EC Comics’ “The Monsters!” Causes Us to Confront Ourselves

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about a few of the stories from EC Comic’s Weird Fantasy series in relation to race. I noted how “The Green Thing” addresses the racist trope of contagion and of tainted blood, and I discussed how “Counter-Clockwise” uses positioing to place the white reader in the position of those that they discriminate against. Today, I want to … Read More EC Comics’ “The Monsters!” Causes Us to Confront Ourselves

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+ judy blume, language, lee atwater, race, wifey

Race in Judy Blume’s “Wifey”: Part II

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Last post, I started looking at race in Judy Blume’s Wifey. Today, I want to continue that exploration by looking at the ways that characters in the novel deploy language to cover up their racism when referring to African Americans in the novel. Language becomes a thread weaving its way throughout the novel, masking, for the public, the racist attitudes behind the words. All of … Read More Race in Judy Blume’s “Wifey”: Part II

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Race in Judy Blume’s “Wifey”: Part I

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When I was in elementary school, I read a few of Judy Blume’s books, specifically Superfudge. After matriculating, I didn’t even think about reading anymore of Blume’s books because, partly, I felt that I had outgrown them. Fast forward about thirty years, and a book club I’ve been attending read Blume’s 1978 novel Wifey, a novel that reviewers thought would tank her career because it is … Read More Race in Judy Blume’s “Wifey”: Part I

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+ atlanta, donald glover, race, whiteness

The System of Whiteness in Atlanta’s “Three Slaps”: Part II

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In a last post, I started looking at the system of whiteness in Atlanta’s “Three Slaps,” specifically at the ways that Loquareeous’s guidance counselor at school and the social worker who takes him away from his mother work within the system of whiteness to impact Loquareeous. Today, I want to continue with that discussion, looking a little more at Loquareeous’s “disruption” in class that sparks … Read More The System of Whiteness in Atlanta’s “Three Slaps”: Part II

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+ fairoaks, frank yerby, georgia, georgia literature, southern literature, whiteness

The Lies We Believe in Frank Yerby’s “Fairoaks”

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A few weeks ago, I saw a review of Frank Yerby’s Floodtide (1950) on Twitter. At that point, I hadn’t read Floodtide, and this point, I still haven’t. For some reason, my brain misremembered the review and I started to read Yerby’s Fairoaks (1957), a novel centered on the life of Guy Falks. I didn’t realize my mistake until I started making a Twitter … Read More The Lies We Believe in Frank Yerby’s “Fairoaks”

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