I've emailed this @BoingBoing article about Lovecraft's racism and replacing his image on the World Fantasy Award to my dad. Let sparks fly.
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@BoingBoing@doctorow we can't apply the mores of today to past cultures. What we can do is apply them to ourselves when we read them.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing Hmmm, no mention of Margaret Sanger, whose eugenics lives on in a very real way.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing Lovecraft fans get SO defensive when you try to bring this up with them. My dad and his friends, specifically. (The Joshi crowd) -
@TheRealTavie@BoingBoing I've seen Joshi essentially say that racism was common in HPL's time, but HPL was way worse than what was normal. -
@DidrikSoderlind@BoingBoing I think so, too. -
@TheRealTavie@BoingBoing So I don't see Joshi being "defensive" about this issue. He discusses it openly. -
@DidrikSoderlind@BoingBoing I don't know whether or not Joshi's been defensive, but he's been dismissive. -
@TheRealTavie@BoingBoing But he's never dismissed Lovecraft's racism. Quite the opposite.
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