FalloutJack said:
Said it before and I'll say it again. HP Lovecraft was a fantastic racist and next to nobody cares.
Someone already pointed out that they did care, so that's kinda funny (even if qualified).
oddly enough, my dad sent me a radio interview about an author a few days ago. The interviewer spoke to the racism, the author of a book on Hoover Phalanx basically denied any racism or xenophobia, and the fans...Well, they did the same in the comments. So, I mean, it's not strictly true. It's a big enough point fans will try and deny it.
But it's also a terrible example.
Not only was Lovecraft batshit crazy, he was a product of a time where racism was a pretty common thing. He died in 1937, when it was still illegal in a good chunk of the country for blacks and whites to be seen romantically involved. Blacks had separate schools, water fountains, and "whites only" was everywhere. caricatures demonising Jews and baby=snatching, big-nosed demons wasn't fringe shit, it was mainstream media. Foreigners? Well, 1937 borders on an especially bad time for certain ones, but Hop on Pop Lovecraft's time wasn't exactly welcoming to ferners.
I should point out that two decades later, the National Guard was required for school integration. and this is a nation where "italian" was considered 'too swarthy.'
Lovecraft was a man born at a time where threats to make the South a "******'s graveyard" were still common.
Lovecraft's racism is less than notable because most of his generation was racist. Good luck on that kind of avoidance.
OT: It won't stop me from enjoying someone's work unless it's somehow related. Say this guy starts writing songs about raping babies. That would put me off. There is a limit on what I will fiscally support, however. I only own one song by LostProphets, and I won't be deleting it, but nor will I buy any of their future works (which was already unlikely).
And, I mean, if people want to put money in the pockets of baby rapers, I can't stop them, but I'm just not going to do so myself.
