Howard & Burroughs both clearly though of blacks as "other" and "less than", but allowed them dignity that HPL denies. Even for his time....
@womzilla …Nice Privileged White People Status Anxiety In The Face Of An Uncaring Universe. Lovecraftian means that, tentacles & adjectives.
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@chaosprime Only even halfway credible defense vs HPL racism is that his message is "You white people think you're ALL THAT, but you ain't"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime But even when he's doing that, he's usually making it clear that even at the bottom of universe, whites are better than blacks. -
@womzilla yeah. he sets up the situation of the white man as tragic: the universe doesn't care about how great he is, but it *should*.
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