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Originally Posted by Pharaoh
you obviously haven't read much old literature if you think Kipling is specially racist. It only seems racist now because attitudes to race have changed so much, and it's such a taboo subject now.
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You don't have to read much "old"(?) literature to understand that some of Kipling's writings are very pro-colonist, and that Kipling was specially imperialist even for his own time.
I admire some of his poetry for its poetic values alone, probably just as the nobel committee did back in 1907, and he did a great job with his children's fiction.
But when it comes to politics, his views were positively despicable.