>sitting on the public transporter >a beautiful Nubian

>Ay yo white boy! What the fuck you is?
>Why you ain't say nuffing?
>What you doing? You readin or some ol' bullshit!
>Ay yo! E'rbody! Look dis white boy reading like a damn ol' fag!
>Gimme dat shit! *snatches book, throws it out the window*
>Giggles like a crazed chimp.
>Dat's right white boy, fuck Trump.
>Bitch ass cracka mufucka, shit!
>Aww...damn, looks you, just lookin all mopey and shit now. You gonna cry, booty ass bitch?
>Shit...ya'll white niggas ain't shit.
>Ay yo, lemme get 'bout fi'dolla from ya.

>>9060072
>Back in highschool
>Reading on a bench
>qt black girl walks up and asks me what I'm reading
>be a dumbass edgy teen with dumbass edgy teen reactions
>HURR YES ITS A BOOK, YES I READ, IM NOT SOME IGNORANT PIECE OF SHIT etc. etc. something to that effect
>She looks at me like I'm retarded
>Start to feel retarded
>She still wants to know what book it is and if it's any good
>It was some YA garbage
thanks for reminding me of that fun time OP

>>9060091
cringe

>on bus reading Blood Meridian
>massive latino man with scarred knuckled sits down next to me
>notice him looking at my page
>"A NIGGER'S HEART"
>twist in my seat so he can't see and accidentally slam my head into the wall
>he tries to stifle his laughter until he gets off

>>9060155
t. redditor

>tfw I sometimes think sitting on trains
>every stop I get to I'm clocking that game

>>9060240
>tfw qt sri lankan takes my money

>sitting on the public deportator
>a gentlemen of dark complexion squat next to me and inquires about my lecture
>H.P. Lovecraft's collected poems

>>9060130
We all did it at some point. All of us autists, anyway.

>>9060072
>beautiful Nubian

Stopped reading there

>>9060397
>he looks at the page

>On the Creation of Niggers
>When, long ago, the gods created Earth
>In Jove's fair image Man was shaped at birth.
>The beasts for lesser parts were next designed;
>Yet were they too remote from humankind.
>To fill the gap, and join the rest to Man,
>Th'Olympian host conceiv'd a clever plan.
>A beast they wrought, in semi-human figure,
>Filled it with vice, and called the thing a Nigger.

>>9060229
>he tries to stifle his laughter until he gets off
Phrasing

>>9060574
Actually laughed

>>9060072
I'm curious because I never actually read that book. Is it genuinely racist or does it just have an unfortunate title? The Wikipedia article makes it seem like the latter.

>>9061156
There's certainly a racial dimension, but it's Conrad.
it's race-as-a-device-to-examine-man-and-the-world-of-men sort of proto-existentialism.
it starts off seemingly racist then perceptively turns into something larger and deeper

>>9060155
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djx3T9IEc1A

>>9061156
Despite what a certain African novelist might tell you, Conrad isn’t actually racist. Neither is Agatha Christie, despite the fact that she named her best-selling novel Ten Little Niggers.

>>9061156
I'd say it depends on your definition of racism. Today, the word nigger has a different meaning than it did in the late 1800s - it's used as an insult, while in Conrad's time, it was perfectly acceptable - so the book and others containing the word shouldn't be dismissed as racist just because of it.

Regardless, some of Conrad's books do touch upon racial issues which would raise eyebrows today, but l still wouldn't call them racist. There are plenty of those issues in his writings, but they never take center stage. He does write about race, but it's usually a stepping stone to something else.

>>9061754
You're talking about Achebe, right? I've never read him, but l keep hearing he had beef with Conrad. Can l get the lowdown on what his deal is?

>>9060155
saying cringe is the actual cringe

my teen sister and her friends use it all the time, it's horrible to hear. i think it replaced "awk sauce" that they were using for a while there

>>9060236
>>9061935
It's horrible to hear because it makes you realize you're a loser who posts reddit memes.

Cucks!

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>be me
>college freshman
>taking a literature class
>girlfriend got me a copy of Pickwick Papers months prior (penguin edition lol)
>I bring it to class bc maybe the teacher will be impressed
>teacher isnt impressed
>spend all day trying to understand the first paragraph
>6 hours and i can't even get past the first paragraph

>>9061816
the Africans in HoD weren't human, had no history, etc.

it is a huge misread of the story

>>9061957
okay teen

>>9060533
Why? To deal with the base of Maslow's triangle whatsit?

>>9060574
git ur brain eye out tha gutta foo!