Humor aside, Franzen's race answer is indicative of the problem: for too many whites, race is about black people—and never themselves.
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Replying to @aurabogado
If all your work is about whites and animals, you're already writing about race. Stunning that neither Franzen nor
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Replying to @IChotiner
more like disappointed that, in 2016 when black people are still asking if it's permissible to live, this is your response to me.
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Hmm. So, your second question to Franzen is if he's ever considered writing about race, right?
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Yet (these days) Franzen essentially write about whiteness -- that IS writing about race. Why do you fail to see that?
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You don't say "You do write about white people; that's writing about race." You ask about not falling in love with a black woman.
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People of color aren't the only ones that have race. White people, whiteness, that's race. They even made it up :)
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Then again, Franzen HAS written about people of color. And it's horrifying -- full of stereotypes and skin color fixation.
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Have you read Twenty-Seventh City? It's racist. It's a racist plot. And the way he describes people of color is racist. @IChotiner
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Replying to @aurabogado
Haven't read it but know it's based on his hometown St Louis. Interesting he grew up in a black city and has no black friends...
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Replying to @aurabogado @IChotiner
Yeah, that's the one that ended my brief love affair with Franzen.
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