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Lovecraft's racism and xenophobia were not simply ordinary to his time, or removed from his work as a writer - "The Horror at Red Hook," as just one example, is
by cwyers 10y ago
Lovecraft's racism and xenophobia were not simply ordinary to his time, or removed from his work as a writer - "The Horror at Red Hook," as just one example, is a story that's just loaded with that sort of thing. I don't think you can discuss Lovecraft without it.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoIn what way do you believe they were not ordinary? I agree that Lovecraft was racist, xenophobic and opposed to "hybridization" (both cultural and racial). But by the standard of his time he seems pretty mild. Concretely, why do you believe he was worse than average?
- cwyers 10y agoLook at contemporary accounts, where people who knew him discuss the issue: https://books.google.com/books?id=nT3eBlU9YbUC&lpg=PA8&dq=lovecraft%20Charles%20Isaacson&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=nT3eBlU9YbUC&lpg=PA8&dq=lo... I won't argue that his beliefs were wholly out of touch with his contemporaries. But arguing that Lovecraft was typical of the time, particularly in the circles he ran in in New York at the time, is ignoring the evidence.
- mcguire 10y agoApropos of nothing, 1952 was apparently the first year after 1881 without a lynching. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1952/12/31/page/23/article/1952-is-the-first-year-without-a-lynching-in-u-s http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1952/12/31/page/23/articl...