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minus-square@joel_feila@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•17 days 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-square@Timecircleline@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•17 days 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-square@OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish1•17 days agoSeveral of his stories are outright racist though. How do you go about loving that without acknowledging there are issues?
minus-square@joel_feila@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•17 days agoSame reason i can love a villain as a character. Just because i love a of work of fiction or fictional characters does not mean i endorse the mesaage.
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?
Same reason i can love a villain as a character. Just because i love a of work of fiction or fictional characters does not mean i endorse the mesaage.