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Re:Philip Roth has died by benkarst on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @04:19PM (#17137827)
If you read the article, he is defining this group of 'great white males' to be three writers who the literary world actually refer to as 'The Great Narcissists'.

https://www.dfwsociety.org/2017/12/02/call-for-papers-great-...

He specifically substituted 'narcissist' with 'white male' as if he's using it as a synonym.

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Re:Philip Roth has died by Steko on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @05:01PM (#17138246)
He's not defining it, he's using a term readers might be familiar with:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3562536/Joh...

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2017/08/28/michiko-k...

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