Misc. on Sasha F. H. & white guy afros, p14

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The joke on Doc reminds me of an interview of a Sioux medicine man by an 
Anglo journalist. The Sioux man said Indians didn't care whether they were 
called Indians or Native Americans. Such designations only soothe the 
conscience of whites.

He said if you really want to respect us, learn our nations, languages, 
beliefs, and cultures.

Sounds Pynchonian to this ear.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Kohut" <markekohut at yahoo.com>
To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 6:38 PM
Subject: Misc. on Sasha F. H. & white guy afros, p14


> Sasha Faye Hepworth...."hep" [hip] "worth(y)" ?
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> hey, tell this midwesterner then how pervasive were
> such white guy afros....
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> A...and, this scene seems to me to show, at the least,
> an assimiliation, maybe an homage to African-American
> styles---a hair style is a literal style, yes?---think, at least
> of TRPs shout-out to Ismael Reed in GR (and other allusions)
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> SLIGHT LOOKING AHEAD SPOILER:
> In Chap. 2 we will get a neat joke about Doc
> from a black guy...."I'd say in spades"..but you folks get offended
> so easily"...
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> Anyone else reminded of Mailer's The White Negro notions?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Negro_(essay)
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