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Old 02-02-2009, 10:25 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by mtravellerh View Post
Racist or not, I was quite shocked by Kingston's statement in "Afar in the Forest" to the point that his "heroes" shoot "savages" on sight just for good riddance and seem to find that quite normal. That "IS" shocking.
Unfortunately, mtravellerh, it was the prevalent attitude of the time that black Africans were "sub-human".

H. Rider Haggard who, as I'm sure you know, wrote many African adventure stories, was widely criticised during his lifetime for his "reactionary" attitude that African peoples should be permitted to govern their own affairs. The prevailing attitude at the time, certainly in Britain, was to treat them like "children" and believe that they were "better off" being ruled by the European colonial powers.
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