[ SECRET POST #6482 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6482 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Sorceror by Talrothal]



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06. [WARNING for discussion of racism]




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07. [WARNING for discussion of domestic violence/child abuse allegations]
















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Comments

[feotakahari]

I’d say the Sharks started out better, because they began as a self-defense group when the Jets attacked random immigrants. By the time of the main plot, their violence also seems like something they want to do rather than something they have to do.

[feotakahari]

“He’s a Polak.” “Said the Spic.”

[(Anonymous)]

But as you alluded below, the Jets were from families that experienced the same kind of discrimination a generation or two ago, and it hadn't entirely gone away by the 60s. Not to say Italians and Poles had it just as bad as Puerto Ricans at the time the story takes place and they used racism to their advantage, but the Jets' roots probably weren't all that different from the Sharks. They just had a few decades head start and the convenience of another immigrant group coming in to take the focus away from them (and give them someone to punch down to).

[(Anonymous)]

It's a retelling of Romeo and Juliet. Just like in that play, there are no good guys, just bad and less-bad guys.