Prentiss examines the rich construction of African American society from migration from the rural south to the urban north (particularly the faith of its people), the resulting idea of a new start in a new territory, the escape (barely) from lynching, the acquisition of a new standard of celebration of faith unfettered by the stringent mores of ...
And thatâs where I had a problem. The potty mouth and bad temper is what people tune in for. Watching Gordon Ramsay being nice to people on his show was oddly unsettling. Clearly American audiences need their bad guys to have redeeming qualities no matter how unrealistic.
Gatsby may be low-class, but Nick still manages to see something good in him, anyway. Maybe he has the natural decencies that other members of high society don't. Except, we think this might be a little like the, but I have a lot of ______ friends excuse to make someone not sound racist or xenophobic.)