The Rise of the Colored Empires
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"The Rise of the Colored Empires" is a fictional racist treatise mentioned in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby*, used to reveal Tom Buchanan’s white supremacist views and anxieties about social change.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Rise of the Colored Empires canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Rise of the Colored Empires Context triple: [Tom Buchanan, reads, The Rise of the Colored Empires]
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A.
Sorrows of Empire
Sorrows of Empire is a political analysis book that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial expansion as part of The American Empire Project series.
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B.
Dismantling the Empire
Dismantling the Empire is a political analysis book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial overreach and warns of its consequences for American democracy.
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C.
People of the Dawn
People of the Dawn is a term referring to the Wabanaki peoples, an Indigenous confederacy of the Northeastern Woodlands known for their deep cultural, linguistic, and historical ties to the dawn-lit regions of northeastern North America.
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D.
Games of the New World
Games of the New World was the official motto of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, reflecting a vision of a modern, forward-looking Olympic movement.
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E.
The Mulberry Empire
The Mulberry Empire is a historical novel by Philip Hensher that explores British imperial ambitions and cultural clashes in 19th-century Central Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Rise of the Colored Empires Target entity description: "The Rise of the Colored Empires" is a fictional racist treatise mentioned in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby*, used to reveal Tom Buchanan’s white supremacist views and anxieties about social change.
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A.
Sorrows of Empire
Sorrows of Empire is a political analysis book that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial expansion as part of The American Empire Project series.
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B.
Dismantling the Empire
Dismantling the Empire is a political analysis book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial overreach and warns of its consequences for American democracy.
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C.
People of the Dawn
People of the Dawn is a term referring to the Wabanaki peoples, an Indigenous confederacy of the Northeastern Woodlands known for their deep cultural, linguistic, and historical ties to the dawn-lit regions of northeastern North America.
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D.
Games of the New World
Games of the New World was the official motto of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, reflecting a vision of a modern, forward-looking Olympic movement.
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E.
The Mulberry Empire
The Mulberry Empire is a historical novel by Philip Hensher that explores British imperial ambitions and cultural clashes in 19th-century Central Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional book
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fictional racist treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Tom Buchanan ⓘ |
| associatedWithIdeology |
nativism
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white nationalism ⓘ |
| authorFictional | Goddard ⓘ |
| createdByAuthor | F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ |
| criticalDiscussion |
often analyzed in scholarship on race in The Great Gatsby
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used as evidence of Fitzgerald’s engagement with contemporary racial discourse ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContextFictional | within the narrative of The Great Gatsby ⓘ |
| genreFictional |
political treatise
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race theory text ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
The Passing of the Great Race
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surface form:
The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy
early 20th‑century white supremacist tracts ⓘ |
| languageFictional | English ⓘ |
| linkedToRealWorldContext |
interwar fears of declining white dominance
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popular race‑science literature of the 1910s and 1920s ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
device for social criticism
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satire of contemporary racist pseudo‑science ⓘ symbol of reactionary ideology ⓘ |
| mediumFictional | printed book ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | The Great Gatsby ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
contrast with Gatsby’s romantic idealism
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exposition of Tom Buchanan’s beliefs ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
alarmist
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pseudo‑scientific ⓘ racist ⓘ |
| readerEffect |
highlights the ugliness of Tom Buchanan’s worldview
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invites critical distance from racist arguments ⓘ |
| represents | pseudo‑intellectual justification for racism ⓘ |
| setInUniverseOf | The Great Gatsby ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
entrenched racism among American elites of the 1920s
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resistance to social and racial progress ⓘ |
| theme |
eugenicist ideology
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fear of demographic change ⓘ racial hierarchy ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ |
| timePeriodReflected | early 20th‑century United States ⓘ |
| usedToCharacterize | Tom Buchanan ⓘ |
| usedToReveal |
Tom Buchanan’s anxieties about social change
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Tom Buchanan’s white supremacist views ⓘ |
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Subject: The Rise of the Colored Empires Description of subject: "The Rise of the Colored Empires" is a fictional racist treatise mentioned in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby*, used to reveal Tom Buchanan’s white supremacist views and anxieties about social change.
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