1. A twitter essay on Robert Heinlein and racism, a vexed topic.
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9. This is very notable in juvenile (young adult) books Heinlein wrote. He insisted to agent that he be allowed to have Jewish characters.
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10. The 1950s juveniles were far ahead of time in having African American main characters, notably in Star Beast & Tunnel in the Sky
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@HeerJeet Even his most controversial right-wing work, Starship Troopers, was quite proudly multi-ethnic. -
@EricKleefeld@HeerJeet Well, in so far that the protagonist came from Bueno Aires and was revealed to be Filipino (on last page)
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