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Everybody is Stupid [Short Story]
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Title
Everybody is Stupid [Short Story]
The Messenger, 1930-31
Page 29 (1 of 2)
Description
In this short story, the speaker complains and argues about how everything and everyone is stupid. He is annoyed and goes on rants about the different things in the world that bother him. Towards the end of the story he claims he hates fat man, then he criticizes foreign people; he hates Europeans, he hates foreign language and he can't understand people who don't speak English. He states: "I hate Europe. They jabber so fast. I bet they can't even understand each other. I don't want to understand them myself. I hate foreign languages."
Creator
Source
Virginia Baptist Historical Society
Richmond, Va
Date
1930-31
Contributor
Matt Mullen
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Citation
Evelyn Duncan, “Everybody is Stupid [Short Story],” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed May 11, 2026, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/102.