Well, Paul grows tired of this topic, and so do I, so anything further from me will have to be offlist. Steve has responded emotionally to what he thinks is my assumption that because he is white he personally has never experienced racism, when I was careful to state that I know nothing of his personal experiences and therefore my comments are general and not individual. Nonetheless he has chosen to interpret them personally. I have, in my turn, taken umbrage at the suggestion that I am not being logical, when I pride myself on being logical. This is not a bad illustration of one point I am trying to make, which is that people can pretty well be counted on NOT to respond intellectually to things that they *feel* strongly about. This is why I think it is important that we be sensitive to the *perception* of racism in Howard's work, w! hether or not we think it is actually there. As Paul says, you will never explain it away to the satisfaction of those who see it.
Well...Steve is sorry he took personal offense...I have been cooped up in my home with my 2 snow crazed children for over 48 hours...still no excuse....sorry....but I am touchy about reverse racism and racism....but let's move on......I have a serious question...
If I went through my REH books and got rid (sold some) while keeping just my faves, am I being disloyal ? gaffiating?
I've been going through and paring most of my collection..but haven't yet touched REH and HPL......
Steven
