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I couldn't find a list of said books. Which makes me assume the name is indeed a dog whistle, and not just a marketing coincidence.

• bequanna 4y ago
  Dog whistle? I don’t follow.
  • snotrockets 4y ago
    On the chance you really don’t know “Great Books” in some contexts is a racist trope, referring to a list of so called pinnacles of civilization, even if they are often read literally and not critically, without placing in context. Not that they’re bad books, mind you. But it’s like reading “The Merchant of Venice” and assuming Shylock represents a Jew, and not the xenophobia of British society at Shakespeare’s time. tl;dr it’s what retrvn guys pretend to read.
    • bequanna 4y ago
      I've never heard of this. So, the below is considered by some to be a "racist" organization? https://www.greatbooks.org/ https://www.greatbooks.org/
      • 4dayworkweek4u 4y ago
        Everything is the r-word... you didn't know that? It's lucrative biz!