Hard to read Kerouac's "On the Road", fueled by GI checks, in the Katznelson/@tanehisicoates era w/o seeing it as a white privilege tour
@PatrickIber Yeah but also condescending -- or is my memory faulty?
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@HeerJeet Perhaps more clueless than condescending, at least as I read it. Goes on about how much he loves Mexico and its peopleThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Partially that's cheap prostitutes and drugs, partially it's policemen who won't do their jobs. Partially it's chaos -
@PatrickIber Right. white guy who loves the earthiness & lawnessness of a poor country is another variation of privilege (to return to that) - Show replies
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@HeerJeet but he's also really committed, like Waldo Frank, to an idea of a spiritual Mexico different from USA. He never thinks politically -
@PatrickIber I'm sure your fresh re-reading is much more accurate than my fuzzy 30 year old memories.
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