During the very first Mumbo Jumbo reading, I was really interested by Reed's comparison of the 20th century to a giant "Age Race" (pg 20) because the analogy gives a lot of insight into the greater context of Jes Grew's growth during the time period. He basically describes the time period as a time when many different trends are vying to be the one which is remembered at the end of the era. Everyone is competing to be the face of the 20th century. He continues, saying, "Now imagine this Age Race occurring before a crowd of society idlers you would expect to find at 1 of those blue-ribbon dog shows." It's pretty obvious that this refers to privileged white people - becoming part of mainstream culture is a contest, and white people are the judges. At first though, white people aren't too into the Jes Grew craze, because it's outlandish and scandalous. Black culture is the "hound mongrel" next to pekinese and collies. What's interest