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		benkarst on May 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Philip Roth has died If you read the article, he is defining this group of 'great white males' to be three writers who the literary world actually refer to as 'The Great Narcissists'. https://www.dfwsociety.org/2017/12/02/call-for-papers-great-... He specifically substituted 'narcissist' with 'white male' as if he's using it as a synonym.

Steko on May 23, 2018 [–]

He's not defining it, he's using a term readers might be familiar with:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3562536/Joh...

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2017/08/28/michiko-k...

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