I see Patrice has posted a list of some racist remarks by Howard. Here's another: REH to AWD, March 1933:
"A few years ago my cousin Dave Henry, up in Arkansas, was passing a hard-ware store late one night, and noticed a window was open. He looked in, and there was a negro desperado just in the act of looting the store. He had taken several rifles from a gun rack, and even as Dave looked in, was levering a cartridge into a high powered Winchester. They saw each other at the same instant, and the negro threw up the rifle, jerking the lever to throw the cartridge into the barrel as he did so - and the cartridge stuck. In that brief instant Dave pulled his gun and killed the nigger. It all happened in a flash, and if that cartridge hadn't stuck, the coon would sure have cooked Dave's goose, because he had the drop." "Coon" is a racist's word, even more so than "nigger". I will be expecting you to explain Howard's use of it and other racist terms if you are going to prove he was not a racist. -----Original Message----- From: benoclesczar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, January 04, 2002 7:27 AM Subject: [rehfans] Racist Debate... >Although I am still technically on holiday, I would just like to make it >know that my REH magazine that will be debuting in a few months (at the >latest) will contain an essay by myself, that will hopefully dispel the myth >of Howard being a racist and muzzle those who continue to slander Howard as >being a racist. In it, will contain many sources, facts and views that will >go against those comments made by recent members as well as providing >obvious and hard proof too prove that Howard was not a racist. > >Cheers >Ben Szumskyj > > >
