Unnamed White People 1

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2041
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Unnamed White People 1
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Unnamed White People 1
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Yes
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In "A Justice" these undescribed "white people" call Sam Fathers "a Negro," as distinct from "the Negroes [who] call him a blue-gum" (343). This group may be whites who live near Sam and the Negroes on the Compson farm, or the phrase could refer to all white people who know Sam.

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