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My teacher keeps on insisting that Jay Gatsby is black. Is he?
Jasmeena Webb I think that Jordan is mixed race, due to the fact that she has powered over a ‘tanned hand’, she seems uncomfortable the first time that Tom makes a …moreI think that Jordan is mixed race, due to the fact that she has powered over a ‘tanned hand’, she seems uncomfortable the first time that Tom makes a racist comment and then proceeds to insist that she is white the second time that Tom makes a racist comment. (less)
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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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