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paterfamilias

who appears to play the role of a surrogate paterfamilias

—p.178 Fathers and Sons (176) by Jesse McCarthy
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lacuna

Jonathan Franzen wrote a review for the New York Times that ignored any discussion of race, a stupefying lacuna; Whitehead says that Franzen in fact later apologized for it

—p.174 Underground Man (163) by Jesse McCarthy
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blackness as a kind of categorical imperative

[...] To think about blackness as a kind of categorical imperative, a duty first to ourselves and therefore to all, to expand the reach of freedom from domination, to understand blackness as a way of being in the world that necessitates a political project, that orients our expression inevitably …

—p.139 An Open Letter to D’Angelo (133) by Jesse McCarthy
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hip-hop is an adolescent genre of music

Hip-hop is an adolescent genre of music. Between the lines you can plainly see attempts to tackle critical issues: social inequality, sex, religion, mortality, boredom, fear. But, ungainly and awkward, it indulges in the most ridiculous immaturity. Still, the stupidity of adolescence is not without…

—p.106 Back in the Day (98) by Jesse McCarthy
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pallid

the pallid lighting of underground transfer halls

—p.102 Back in the Day (98) by Jesse McCarthy
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