/lit/ - Literature

My professor is making jokes about how hes one of those 'old white men' left

I wonder if Romeo and Juliet has been more influential than we realize.
You're eight or six, you don't even realize girls are kissable yet, and your teacher (or parents) go
>hey little anons come I'll read you the kids version of Romeo and Juliet the most beautiful love story ever!
You then read the proper version again just before entering puberty because of school.
So you grow up thinking that's how love is and the teen love stories tend to resemble R&J until hormones get in the way.
Maybe Niggers beat their Nigresses (and vice versa) because nobody read them R&J.