7/6/2021（7.49am-7.56am）

By Ouyang Yu

 在看。The Dwarfs。才看完。还行。是一种抽去了肉的骨头。一堆。还行。后面弱了。说得太多。只要说得太多，就嫌啰嗦。中间搁浅了三十多年。不提。

在看《红楼梦》。喜欢那个鸳鸯。有骨气。看了将近一半，没有看到一个“爱”字。那个时代的人，应该是做爱的，不然没有小孩。不然生不出后来。但就是通篇都不提爱。

在看《孙悟空》。哦，不，是《西游记》。被唐三藏赶走后，回了花果山。这在今天，应该叫做流放、被流放。被流放的结果，就是流放他人的人遭殃。

在看Isabel Wilkerson的Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents。很厚。还可以。所谓美国民主，用一个字来总结，就是“caste”：种姓制度。白上、黄（棕、红）居中，黑下。至今如此。这是A墙裂推荐我看的一本书。

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