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JustAnotherGen

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1. Fitzgerald's Gatsby
Thu May 5, 2022, 03:35 PM
May 2022

Took Grant's fame away - but noted his book.

“Civilization’s going to pieces,” says Tom. “I’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read The Rise of The Colored Empires’ by this man Goddard? . . . Well it’s a fine book and everybody ought to read it. The idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—utterly submerged. It’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved. . . .It’s up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things. . . .The idea is that we’re Nordics. I am, and you are, and you are, and—and we’ve produced all the things that go to make civilization—oh, science and art, and all that. Do you see?”


Whatever it's faults or pluses - his for that matter - Fitzgerald leaned into all of the stereotypes of the time - and the worst one? The worst character?

Was the man who worships Grant aka Goddard.

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