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To Yithian's point:
There was an author, famous for a particular book, who wrote another one that was promised to be a "comedy of errors". I bought the book, made it about half-way through, and found myself stymied.
I literally could not tell if the author was:
A.) Merely a product of his time.
B.) Casting a lens back on general racism (y'know, a sharp criticism and the like).
C.) Actually fucking racist.
When I realized that I couldn't tell the difference, I put the book down and eventually got rid of it.
Edit: I meant to say, "To Enola's point." But there are a lot of good points made in this thread, so my post stands.
There was an author, famous for a particular book, who wrote another one that was promised to be a "comedy of errors". I bought the book, made it about half-way through, and found myself stymied.
I literally could not tell if the author was:
A.) Merely a product of his time.
B.) Casting a lens back on general racism (y'know, a sharp criticism and the like).
C.) Actually fucking racist.
When I realized that I couldn't tell the difference, I put the book down and eventually got rid of it.
Edit: I meant to say, "To Enola's point." But there are a lot of good points made in this thread, so my post stands.
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