Hemming In The Great White Ways

[Peter Fellows-McCully]

 *Ahem* "Opposite color"?

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> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org 
> [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of jd
> Sent: 11 August 2006 16:00
> To: terrance fitzgerald
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: Hemming In The Great White Ways
> 
> I dunno... whenever people start talking about racism in 
> authors, unless it's Mein Kampf I'm highly skeptical... I'm 
> certainly white, but when that cop pulled me over up in New 
> Hampshire to hand out a $250 speeding ticket, I certainly 
> don't think I got any priviledge because of my skin (unless 
> I'm harshly under-estimating what happens when someone of the 
> opposite color speeds)...  I suppose it was certainly