1. A twitter essay on Robert Heinlein and racism, a vexed topic.
6. Mitigating or complicating racism of Sixth Column is that Heinlein got the plot from editor John W. Campbell & tried to tone it down.
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7. Trying to tone racism of plot, Heinlein did introduce (problematically of course) "good" Japanese-American, Frank Roosevelt Matsui.
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8. But aside from (or in addition to) Sixth Column Heinlein in late 1940s & 1950s almost always tries to have multi-ethnic cast.
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@HeerJeet People have lost sight that the old pulp magazines were studio system, work-for-hire plots, multiple hands touching a story, etc.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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