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[โ€“] LodeMike@lemmy.today 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It portrays black people in a very racist way.

[โ€“] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 16 points 4 months ago

That's not unique to one writer. That's almost all literature from the time period, unless it had a black author. You would have to read books by W.E.B. DuBois, or maybe Huckleberry Finn, for good portrayals of black people in literature.