Exploring Paul Beatty's White Boy Shuffle and Literary Themes
Dive into Paul Beatty's novel White Boy Shuffle, discussing its exploration of race, popular culture, and societal norms in 1990s Los Angeles. Discover the intriguing characters, themes, and thought-provoking content woven throughout Beatty's works.
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Paul Beatty White Boy Shuffle, Day 1 sports|ethics|literature 10.10.2016
Paul Beatty Born in Los Angeles in 1962 Went to college in Boston MFA from Brooklyn College In 1990 got his first break as the first Grand Poetry Slam Champion of the Nuyorican Poets Caf in New York City The White Boy Shuffle (1996) is indebted to what s going on regarding race in 1990s Los Angeles His most recent book, The Sellout (2015), imagines what it might be like to resegregate America Messing with the commonplace Things were actually better for blacks under slavery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4PYhbZvz_g
1990s Los Angeles Two popular culture images that Beatty is in conversation with have tremendous influence today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMZi2 5Pq3T8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nCq Rmx3Dnw
What tricks do we see in the first two chapters of TWBS? The family tree assignment Euripides Kaufman Boston Massacre Swen Kaufman dancer on a slave plantation Franz von Kaufman faithful, servile Wolfgang helps popularize minstrelsy culture Rolf Kaufman stencil artist for LAPD
Uncle Tom stereotype Label used to denigrate those who black people believe are overly subservient and submissive to whites. I was the funny, cool black guy (27).
