The Sellout
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What is your takeaway from The Sellout?
Harish
Jan 17, 2017 03:04AM
I feel the intention of the book is to criticise the attitude of modern society to avoid discussing of racial difference altogether. The author tries to put forward a view that it is better to go back to the old ways of segregation if there is no atmosphere to openly discuss and agree on racial differences. It is more difficult for the minor ethnicities to live in a society that obliterate it's identity and makes it conform, rather than giving it space to develop its culture. In the novel we can see that segregation leads to better performance of students and general uplifting of the quality of living.
The Sellout is a highly contextual novel. It is specific in its historical, political and social contexts. To appreciate it fully, one has to physically experience these. There are many elements that are universal, and easy for people without the background to enjoy, but I feel it will be a different reading experience for people who are aligned to any of the sides portrayed in the novel.
The Sellout is a highly contextual novel. It is specific in its historical, political and social contexts. To appreciate it fully, one has to physically experience these. There are many elements that are universal, and easy for people without the background to enjoy, but I feel it will be a different reading experience for people who are aligned to any of the sides portrayed in the novel.
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Brilliant satire. Forces rethinking how all of us talk about, write about racism, that all tap dance around it. Reminded me of a time in the mid-1970s when blacks were segregating themselves, often militantly, in their quest for identity and equality. I experienced it first-hand at college then.
Yes, it is indeed satire, sometimes to the extreme. I thought it showed how deeply entrenched all of us are in our racial stereotypes of our own race and the race of others, and how that entrenchment perpetuates the legacy of racial division in the U.S., The disturbing take away for me was whether U.S. society is ever capable of racial equality while at the same time, embracing racial diversity.
I believe this is satire. I don't think Beatty really wants to go backwards to segregation.
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