BtZ42 Back to some basics: White Visitation

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White the color of Bland's garments before his departure. 


> On Jun 9, 2016, at 5:52 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> First, after we've just gone thru the 'race' chapter, the White means whites, in its major meaning, right? 
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> vis·it·a·tion
> ˌvizəˈtāSH(ə)n/
> noun
> 1. 
> an official or formal visit, in particular.
> 2. 
> a disaster or difficulty regarded as a divine punishment.
> "a visitation of the plague"
> synonyms:	affliction, scourge, bane, curse, plague, blight, disaster, tragedy, catastrophe; More
> 
> And, in Catholicism at least, the visitation is what some call the invitation and fact of visiting the family w the newly-deceased body in a funeral home.  
> 
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> Acts of Visitation: The Narrative of J.M. Coetzee
> https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9401206945
> María J. López - 2011 - ‎Preview - ‎More editions
> The seminal dimension of the categories of penetration and visitation is highlighted, as these are shown to operate not only on a spatial level but also on an epistemological, physical, psychological, hermeneutic, metafictional and ethical ...
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