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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 9604627" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>I'm not even sure that is fair to Burroughs.&nbsp; ERB was from a notable abolitionist family, and if you look at work like the &quot;John Carter&quot; series, one of the most important themes of it is that John always judges Martians according to the content of their character and not their skin color.&nbsp; He's not subject himself to the Martial racial prejudices nor is he himself biased in that way, and so he goes everywhere and makes friends among the green Martians, yellow Martians, black Martians, and red Martians finding among them men of honor and women of compassion whom he forges alliances with on the basis of mutual trust and understanding.&nbsp; Indeed, even more so than his ability to jump or his incomparable skill with a blade, this is his superpower in the larger context of the story.&nbsp; He heals racial divisions (even ethnic conflicts within racial groups) and forges alliances that lets him overcome fascist ideologies everywhere he goes.&nbsp; Indeed, the one group that John finds no one of any worth in, is the white supremacists on Mars who are to a man (and woman) pathetic, cowardly, dishonorable types and who remain the bad guys throughout the whole narrative.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 9604627, member: 4937"] I'm not even sure that is fair to Burroughs. ERB was from a notable abolitionist family, and if you look at work like the "John Carter" series, one of the most important themes of it is that John always judges Martians according to the content of their character and not their skin color. He's not subject himself to the Martial racial prejudices nor is he himself biased in that way, and so he goes everywhere and makes friends among the green Martians, yellow Martians, black Martians, and red Martians finding among them men of honor and women of compassion whom he forges alliances with on the basis of mutual trust and understanding. Indeed, even more so than his ability to jump or his incomparable skill with a blade, this is his superpower in the larger context of the story. He heals racial divisions (even ethnic conflicts within racial groups) and forges alliances that lets him overcome fascist ideologies everywhere he goes. Indeed, the one group that John finds no one of any worth in, is the white supremacists on Mars who are to a man (and woman) pathetic, cowardly, dishonorable types and who remain the bad guys throughout the whole narrative. [/QUOTE]

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