another thing with Black Jay is it would add a lot of context to why Tom hates him. Tom's hatred seems so personal and so much deeper than "he's fucking my wife (who I don't even like and actively abuse)". Like...Tom is literally a Nazi. Of course he'd have added hatred for Jay if Jay is not white.
Yes! Absolutely! I've thought of this a lot. if Gatsby is Black (which he absolutely is, to me) that is another reason why Tom's stupid ass would hate him.
Black Gatsby means A LOT TO ME -- and i say this as a white dude -- Especially in the context of all of this going down in the literal 1920s? Dawg, I've been a "queer jewish MOC Jay" truther for basically a decade at this point. Tom hates Gatsby SO MUCH -- and like you say, it is indeed much deeper than "he's fucking my wife" -- despite Tom's Whole Entire Belief System, he STILL seems to hate Jay for reasons that are oh-so-personal. And that is kinda wild to me cuz like....Why? Why do you hate him, for reasons that are not systemic? Gatsby is absolutely Black to me, and that is -- or should be -- a clear character point in every interpretation of him.
