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Of course most literature is by dead whites. The male factor is a more complex entirely. But on the first points.
a) we only live a short while, ideas last longer - so of course you have to read
stuff by those who have died
b) The language English came from England. For **** suke - what colour would
you expect these people to be
On the latter point.. there's a lot of stuff written by non-whites (and "less whites). Sure it's in Sanskrit, classical Chinese, classical Greek. If a student is willing to learn these languages to read a respected text, that would be ok with me.
In fact - the school system should probably include some translations anyway from these sources. Plus some works by women.
(But you can't study the structure of a text properly - unless you know that language)
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