Thread: Sexism/racism etc in older fiction
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Old 02-05-2018, 11:34 AM   #139
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
"Lovecraft was a racist."
"So what? Lots of people were racist back then."

Do you really not see that that is an attempt to excuse Lovecraft's racist tendencies as OK?
Lovecraft was very racist, even in his day. It's a real problem I have with him and one that keeps me from reading his work as often as I would like to.
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