'We Need to Kill The Western Canon,' So Says Dana Schwartz

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Nov. 03, 2019

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"You know what, screw it: no novels by white men in high schools for the next 20 years."

We need to kill the Western Canon. https://t.co/aLTTvpkNI7
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) November 1, 2019

The literary canon as it exists is racist and patriarchal. And it keeps reinforcing itself. https://t.co/aLTTvp3cjx pic.twitter.com/oNgmhxSlH9
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) November 1, 2019

You know what, screw it: no novels by white men in high schools for the next 20 years.
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) November 1, 2019

Dana Schwartz is the author of "The White Man's Guide to White Male Writers of the Western Canon," because of course.

Please buy my book if you want to learn more: https://t.co/aaaGSEWzyC
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) November 1, 2019

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