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My teacher keeps on insisting that Jay Gatsby is black. Is he?
LegendatyToast7 Thant doesn't even make remote sense given the time period. This is the 1920's therefore, as unfortunate as it was, Gatsby could not have been a succe…moreThant doesn't even make remote sense given the time period. This is the 1920's therefore, as unfortunate as it was, Gatsby could not have been a successful millionaire at the time, and if he somehow was it would certainly have been pointed out by Nick for being different. Tom is a humongous racist also and he, if I remember correctly had some degree of respect for Gatsby, not much, until he was given reason to despise him. If that wasn't enough he claims to be related to the German Kaiser, who was obviously a white man, and at the time, if a black person and a white person got together that would be incredibly scandalous, even more so than cheating, but it's not even hinted at so they are not a multi-racial couple. (less)
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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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