Seen on the Metro #1

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As I was commuting home on the metro last Friday, I saw a sight that made me smile. A young, african american male was reading Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Not only was a half way through the book, he actually looked enthralled. We're talking dog-earred pages, a creased spine, and everything. I'm sure the book was assigned for school (they recently started in my area), but it was a sight I was glad to see.

The whole picture also made me giggle because the reader was probably not Austen's targeted demographic.

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Meghan said…
He looked like he was about 16. A bit young for me... otherwise, all bets would have been off.
3:18 PM
stephanie said…
what kind of freaky racist are you--why is this shocking?!
yea, probably assigned it at school...there's no way an african american guy would be into a BOOK
4:34 PM
Meghan said…
Stephanie, it was not that fact that the boy was an African American, but that he was a male.

Jane Austen tends to be read predominantly by females - that why seeing a guy reading it was shocking.
4:39 PM
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