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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
And the second was an adventure thriller set in Africa, written and set in 1972.
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If it was written in 1972, then there was still a lot of racism about at that time, plus you'd get people who had grown up in a colonial setting. So that would be considered normal behaviour for the time.
We see it now for what it is, but at the time there were entrenched racial attitudes. I remember watching The Black and White Minstrel Show on TV, sit-com characters like Alf Garnett were routine, comedy shows like The Benny Hill Show abounded and of course, don't forget politicians like Enoch Powell.