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Originally Posted by Thasaidon
In an earlier post Rider Haggard was accused of racism in books.
I disagreed and gave an example from the last Allan Quatermain book, which would be inconceivable if he was such a racist.
I then asked for an example of racism in his books
No one gave any.
So later I asked again for an example of racism in his books
Agaiin No one gave any.
So I will ask one last time and if no examples are given, I will take it that the accusation is just empty virtue signalling.
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I've read King Solomon's Mines and liked it very much. I don't think the author was a racist, considering the times he lived and wrote in.
I've also read Queen Sheba's Ring by Haggard. It wasn't as good as his first book and there were some elements there a bit more grating. But no, still not racist for his time.
By modern standards he was a racist, of course. So were almost all the other 19th and early 20th century writers.