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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8310100" data-attributes="member: 6796468">insert &quot;Not Sure if Serious&quot; faceAn excerpt from one of Howard's personal letters on the topic of a Hawaiian who had been accused of sexual assault:&quot;I know what would have happened to them in Texas.&nbsp; I don’t know whether an (Racist term for a person of Southeast Asian Descent) smells any different than a (Racist term for African American) when he’s roasting, but I’m willing to bet the aroma of scorching hide would have the same chastening effect on his surviving tribesman.”An excerpt from a discussion with Novalyne Price: &quot;I guess you know if a (Racist term for African American) is found on the streets after dark in Coleman, Santa Anna, and several other towns around here, they run him out of town.&nbsp; Chances are they might tar and feather him.”&nbsp; When Novalyne reacted negatively, Howard returned, “Let me tell you something, girl, that you don’t seem to know.&nbsp; Those people come from a different line.&nbsp; They have different blood - ” SHE WAS HIS GIRLFRIEND. Born in Texas in the early 1900s she responded to his racism negatively. A Contemporary Old Timey Southerner who dated him called him out on his racism and he berated her for it.An excerpt from the Black Canaan short story: “[Saul Stark is] a great big black devil that talks better English than I like to hear a (Racist term for African American) talk.”AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is as far as I'm willing to entertain discussion about Howard and Lovecraft's bigotry in this thread on Existentialism in Sword and Sorcery. It was a footnote in order to acknowledge the terrible aspects of the character of the writers while engaging in some serious &quot;Death of the Author&quot; in carrying that which might actually have some value forward out of their work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8310100, member: 6796468"] [I]insert "Not Sure if Serious" face[/I] An excerpt from one of Howard's personal letters on the topic of a Hawaiian who had been accused of sexual assault: "[I]I know what would have happened to them in Texas. I don’t know whether an [/I][B](Racist term for a person of Southeast Asian Descent)[/B] [I]smells any different than a [/I][B](Racist term for African American)[/B] [I]when he’s roasting, but I’m willing to bet the aroma of scorching hide would have the same chastening effect on his surviving tribesman.”[/I] An excerpt from a discussion with Novalyne Price:[I] "I guess you know if a [/I][B](Racist term for African American)[/B][I] is found on the streets after dark in Coleman, Santa Anna, and several other towns around here, they run him out of town. Chances are they might tar and feather him.”[/I] When Novalyne reacted negatively, Howard returned, [I]“Let me tell you something, girl, that you don’t seem to know. Those people come from a different line. They have different blood - ” [/I]SHE WAS HIS GIRLFRIEND. Born in Texas in the early 1900s she responded to his racism negatively. A Contemporary Old Timey Southerner who dated him called him out on his racism and he berated her for it. An excerpt from the Black Canaan short story: [I]“[Saul Stark is] a great big black devil that talks better English than I like to hear a [/I][B](Racist term for African American)[/B][I] talk.”[/I] [COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)][B]AUTHOR'S NOTE:[/B] [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]This is as far as I'm willing to entertain discussion about Howard and Lovecraft's bigotry in this thread on[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)] [B]Existentialism in Sword and Sorcery.[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)] It was a footnote in order to acknowledge the terrible aspects of the character of the writers while engaging in some serious "Death of the Author" in carrying that which might actually have some value forward out of their work.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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