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17387830 No.17387830 [Reply] [Original]

How much of a hit would the canon take if we were to remove every single work by an African or African-diaspora person?

How much of a hit would the canon take if we were to remove every single work by an Asian or Asian-diaspora person?

How much of a hit would the canon take if we were to remove every single work by a Latin or Latin-diaspora person?

Now what about Whites?

inb4 it's an arbitrary and indefinite list made by White men for White men.

>> No.17387861

>>17387830
I mean the greatest work of non-western cultures usually aren't included in the cannon so not much of a loss.

>> No.17387874

>>17387830
Niggers don't even contribute to their culture let alone white culture

>> No.17387884

>>17387861
What are some great works of sub-Saharan African cultures?

>> No.17387897

>>17387830
>>17387874
literally every major work in the western canon was stolen from non-Western thinkers.

>> No.17388242

>>17387897
Name one, provide a source, 41$ says you can't

>> No.17388270

>>17387897
dil8 triptranny

>> No.17388278
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17388278

>woke up
>looked in the mirror
>still white
why does it feel so good bros?

>> No.17388282

>>17387897
All culture in the world comes from China (ie East Asia) or Europe.

>> No.17388294
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17388294

>>17387897
>tripfag
hahahaha i dont give a shit about literally anything you say
please jump off a bridge

>> No.17388302

>>17387897
How can you post stuff like this and expect people to not become misogynist?

>> No.17388364

>>17388302
misandrist

>> No.17388375

>>17388364
What?

>> No.17388381

>>17387884
why sub-Saharan?

>> No.17388403

>>17388242
$42 says you don't know how to write $41

>> No.17388406

>>17387830
>confusing western canon with the entirely of canons
>thinking western canon is white
I see autodidactism and Euclidean method were lost on you, so perhaps you are only reading Finnish drinking songs.

>> No.17388420

>>17388381
Well, either he's smart enough to wants to cut the Malian empire in two, or he's dumb enough to think blacks start further south than Niger.

>> No.17388437
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17388437

>projecting contemporary American constructs of race onto classical antiquity

>> No.17388449

>>17388282
or India, or ‘Arabia’ (mid east + north africa)