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Today my professor told the class that the Chief in The Laughing Man is black. This struck me as odd because I'm a careful reader and no part of the story ever implied that he was anything besides an upper-class WASP. unless I missed something. I wouldn't really mind, but he went on to claim that the Laughing Man's physical deformity was paralleled with the Chief being a black man in the early 20th century. This is completely incongruous with my understanding of the story, so please tell me I'm not crazy
Why don't you ask your professor to explain his statement instead of asking us?
Chief Aramaki is clearly an elderly Japanese man. It's just the lighting that makes him appear mulatto.
>>7712912
>literally called "The old ape" by his team
He's negro brah
What fucking well to do white family would allow a 20 something negro to drive their children to a secluded area for "sports"?
1. The "Chief" is the leader of the "Comanche" Club. Clearly not a Native American reference at all.
2. The story of the Laughing Man changes relative to his relationship with Mary Hudson. Pretty sure Mary gets pregnant and the Chief feels his life is over, thus killing the Laughing Man.
3. Story takes place in 1928. The Chief is a law student at NYU. Segregation didn't end until the 50's.
4. Roland Barthes' Death of the Author.
5. The Laughing Man is based on Hugo's novel The Man Who Laughs (the film adaptation of which inspired the look of the Joker).
