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Linus Van Wyck is a young White man who befriends and lives with Freddie for several years. As a member of the prominent Van Wyck family and heir to their real estate empire, Linus relies on generational wealth to support his hedonistic lifestyle and drug addiction. Linus’s family—in particular his father, Ambrose—exert abusive control over him, sending him to sanatoriums to correct his homosexual behavior. His attempt to steal from his own family shows Carney that crime occurs across all social classes.
Linus Van Wyck Quotes in Harlem Shuffle
The Harlem Shuffle quotes below are all either spoken by Linus Van Wyck or refer to Linus Van Wyck. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 3, Chapter 8
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Later, Pepper explained it was the principle of the thing: Let white people think they can fuck all over you and they'll keep doing it.
That was two months after the night on Park Avenue. […] Carney said, “You said with the riots, what was the point? Everything keeps on the way it is, so all the protests were for nothing.”
Pepper said, “I am right in that. Grand jury had nothing to say about that cop, did it? He’s still on the job, right? But as it pertains to me shooting those dudes…maybe you start small and work your way up.”
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Linus Van Wyck Quotes in Harlem Shuffle
The Harlem Shuffle quotes below are all either spoken by Linus Van Wyck or refer to Linus Van Wyck. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 3, Chapter 8
Quotes
Later, Pepper explained it was the principle of the thing: Let white people think they can fuck all over you and they'll keep doing it.
That was two months after the night on Park Avenue. […] Carney said, “You said with the riots, what was the point? Everything keeps on the way it is, so all the protests were for nothing.”
Pepper said, “I am right in that. Grand jury had nothing to say about that cop, did it? He’s still on the job, right? But as it pertains to me shooting those dudes…maybe you start small and work your way up.”
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