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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Nov 2014

      1. Go read @rgay twitter feed for story about Daniel Handler's racial humor at last nights National Book Award.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Nov 2014
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      2. @rgay reminds me of something that once happened to Samuel Delany when he first won Nebula Award from Science Fiction Writers association

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Nov 2014
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      3. After Delany picked up award, he was shaking hands. Isaac Asimov joked, "We only gave it to you because you are black."

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Nov 2014
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      4. Now, Delany and Asimov were friends (Delany would later dedicate a book to Asimov). And Asimov was politically quite anti-racist.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Nov 2014
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      5. So, why did Asimov make his stupid "joke"? Social unease, I think. First time black writer wins major s.f. award was moment of change

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Nov 2014
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      6. Asimov's "joke" was his attempt to register that moment, using jibbing he used with friends to mark moment & also put Delany in place

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Nov 2014
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      7. Another story. Gwendolyn Brooks served as judge for National Book Awards. Later, Wallace Stevens was at an NBA event.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Nov 2014

      8. Stevens was shown photos of NBA judges, saw Brooks in one photos and asked, "Who's the coon?"

      6:43 AM - 20 Nov 2014 from Regina, Saskatchewan
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Nov 2014
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          9. The people around Stevens were visibly uncomfortable by the question.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Nov 2014
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          10. Stevens noticed discomfort and said, "“I know you don’t like to hear people call a lady a coon, but who is it?”

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        2. Adam Barken‏ @adambarken 20 Nov 2014
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          @HeerJeet Goddamnit. Every writer I love seems to need an asterisk beside their name. Still pretty sure Nabokov stayed human.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Nov 2014
          Replying to @adambarken

          @adambarken On race, Nabokov was really great, yes.

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        2. Matthew E‏ @MatthewElmslie 20 Nov 2014
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          @HeerJeet Aw, cripes. Isn't there _anybody_ in the world who's worth being a fan of?

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Nov 2014
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          @MatthewElmslie In a racist society, it's a mistake to assume anyone, even as great a writer as Stevens, is untouched by racism.

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        1. Servant of the Sacred Fire‏ @RevAndyKarlson 20 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet :0 That is reprehensible. Granted that all people are complex, but I'll never read him the same way again.

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