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Playing in the Dark Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Toni Morrison

Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Toni Morrison brings the genius of a master writer to this personal inquiry into the significance of African-Americans in the American literary imagination. Her goal, she states at the outset, is to “put forth an argument for extending the study of American literature...

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Toni Morrison's book, Playing in the Dark, was referenced. A quote from the book about white people needing black people as a backdrop against which to rise was mentioned, emphasizing the inherent inequality in this dynamic.

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I'm thinking about Toni Morrison in Playing in the Dark, which is a brilliant book where she says, white people need black people to be the kind of the backdrop against which we can rise. There is no...

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Toni Morrison's book, Playing in the Dark, was referenced. A quote from the book about white people needing black people as a backdrop against which to rise was mentioned, emphasizing the inherent inequality in this dynamic.

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I'm thinking about Toni Morrison in Playing in the Dark, which is a brilliant book where she says, white people need black people to be the kind of the backdrop against which we can rise. There is no superior without inferior.

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