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23. Inside the Cavity

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Wolfe, T. (1988). 23. Inside the Cavity. In Wolfe, T. The Bonfire of the Vanities. Bantam Books, pp. 502-522

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"You wanna know what I think? I think Bernie, without knowing it—don't get me wrong, I like Bernie and I respect Bernie -- —but I think, without knowing it, he really does think someone like McCoy should get special treatment, because he's white and because he's well known. Now, this is a subtle thing. Bernie's Irish, just like Tommy's Irish, and the Irish have a certain amount of what the English call deference built into them, and they don't even know it. They're impressed by these Waspy guys, like McCoy, even though consciously they may act and think like they're members of the IRA. It's not really important, but a guy like Bernie's got this deference thing to deal with, this unconscious Irish thing, and he doesn't even know about it. But we don't represent the Wasps, Larry. I wonder if there's even a Wasp living in the Bronx. There must be one in Riverdale somewhere."

—p.507 by Tom Wolfe 10 hours, 20 minutes ago

"You wanna know what I think? I think Bernie, without knowing it—don't get me wrong, I like Bernie and I respect Bernie -- —but I think, without knowing it, he really does think someone like McCoy should get special treatment, because he's white and because he's well known. Now, this is a subtle thing. Bernie's Irish, just like Tommy's Irish, and the Irish have a certain amount of what the English call deference built into them, and they don't even know it. They're impressed by these Waspy guys, like McCoy, even though consciously they may act and think like they're members of the IRA. It's not really important, but a guy like Bernie's got this deference thing to deal with, this unconscious Irish thing, and he doesn't even know about it. But we don't represent the Wasps, Larry. I wonder if there's even a Wasp living in the Bronx. There must be one in Riverdale somewhere."

—p.507 by Tom Wolfe 10 hours, 20 minutes ago