CoCage said:
Since this happened, I'll shorten my response. It's hard to like or appreciate most of Lovecraft's stories when he considers the people of my race (and other races) evil or inferior, because their skin color (I'm black) ain't white. I make no apologies when I say I cannot enjoy most of his stories for this reason.
The only story of his I enjoyed was the Color of Outer Space. If you want to enjoy his works, more power to you, but their are others that don't for similar reasons.
Okay. I can respect that. The man had an abhorrent personal point of view, and I'll not make apologies for it. I'd also like to clarify that I certainly will not defend all of the man's
works, either. That he and some of his contemporaries like Robert E Howard were such racists
does disgust me, and those works that most reflect that are upsetting - especially because when they did write their better material, there would always be this legacy attached to them.
P.S: Thanks for explaining your POV, I appreciate the effort.
