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| | On "The White Witch" |
 | | The white witch, siren of false hopes, projection of internalized self-doubt, blocks the advance of the fl male into American national subjecthood, while the treacherous fl mother mortgages his refuge in the fl world of the Jim Crow South. |
 | | The blazon of the white witch in Johnson's poem, in her red, white, and blue, is only one element in Johnson's rich symbolism, extending his critique of the American "spirit of the vampire" to cultural and economic exploitation. |
 | | His white witch is the American consumer par excellencethe slummer, the bored habitué of Negro nightlife, the avant-garde stalker of novelty who would turn fl Harlem within a decade into a peep show. |
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