 In a world that exposes people to unspeakable violence and fear through social media, desensitized news coverage, and radical conspiracy theories, the paucity of existential hipsters puts people at risk of failing to achieve a fulfilling life.Though the bulk of the content of "The White Negro" had appeared in piecemeal fashion in Mailer's regular columns in the "Village Voice," the essay in its entirety first appeared in a special issue of "Dissent" in 1957.It triggered a "great orgasm debate" in subsequent issues, touching on the zeitgeist of the fifties and the effects of psychoanalysis in general.