--- "Mark E. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To call Howard a racist you have to judge him by the > standards of his > day (see Ellis' LITERATURE LOST for an intellectual > defense of that > position). You gain nothing by judging his works by > today's > standards---if you do, admit your post-modern bias. >
By the standards of his day, he was at a racist. The simplest meaning for racism is the practice of racial discrimination. Howard's letters and conversations show he supported racial discrimination. Novalyne felt it was an important enough part of his personality to mention it in her memoir. And as I show in my essay, Howard was CONTEMPORARY with Erskine Caldwell, who literature stands up to "post-modern bias." Howard can be judged with his contemporaries and be found wanting. You gain understanding by doing so. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com
