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minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoAll true. They are not the same Hp was about as xenophobic as you can get. But ido disagree with that last part. I can read and love his stories but never learn anything about him. I can’t unlearn about him.
minus-squareTimecircleline@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoHave you read Herbert West: Reanimator? I think that one in particular had an especially problematic description of a black man. I had to put down the anthology for a bit when I got there.
minus-squareOhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoSeveral of his stories are outright racist though. How do you go about loving that without acknowledging there are issues?
All true. They are not the same Hp was about as xenophobic as you can get.
But ido disagree with that last part. I can read and love his stories but never learn anything about him. I can’t unlearn about him.
Have you read Herbert West: Reanimator? I think that one in particular had an especially problematic description of a black man. I had to put down the anthology for a bit when I got there.
Several of his stories are outright racist though.
How do you go about loving that without acknowledging there are issues?