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Calm down. I believe the term has to do with age, and not race. It's a post-war (WW2) term that's been used for decades to describe Roth and certain other wri
by runjake 8y ago
Calm down.
I believe the term has to do with age, and not race.
It's a post-war (WW2) term that's been used for decades to describe Roth and certain other writers, such as Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Salinger, Bellow, Updike and others. It's a term to describe a group of certain authors that wrote about certain themes, similar to the Hollywood term "Brat Pack".
- msla 8y ago> I believe the term has to do with hair color, and not race. Was this dumb joke worth making the second line of your post? Anyway, it resonates with the "Great White Hunter" idea, which is even less acceptable today, and, to some extent, with the "Great White Whale" of Moby Dick. It's a simple fact about race, to a simple extent, and it's an expression that they were on top in a way no group will (should) ever be again.
- benkarst 8y agoSilly me, I didn't know "white" is a term that describes age.
- runjake 8y agoIt's often used (as in this case) a colloquial term alluding age via hair color (IOW, "white-haired" old people).