He was such an amazing writer. Some of his books and themes in those books broaden lots of horizons around peace, acceptance, gender, and even race. It was clear, at least to me, that when ender used the n-word he was rebuking the other boy for his use of a Chinese slur. That was a positive message in my childhood.
And yet later he goes quite racist with that shit essay about the Obamas, and obviously homophobic in a bunch of his other activities and works.
That being said, In a way I almost don’t blame him for it, he was raised as a member of the LDS Church. While some people break out of the Mormon church, it’s not easily done. The only thing that made his standard Mormon views on these topics “important” or “special” was that he is more famous than most members of the church.
I disagree with him on most things, but he’s been programmed to act that way well beyond anything I experienced in my childhood and had to overcome.
Disappointed is the better word for my views on him.
He was such an amazing writer. Some of his books and themes in those books broaden lots of horizons around peace, acceptance, gender, and even race. It was clear, at least to me, that when ender used the n-word he was rebuking the other boy for his use of a Chinese slur. That was a positive message in my childhood.
And yet later he goes quite racist with that shit essay about the Obamas, and obviously homophobic in a bunch of his other activities and works.
That being said, In a way I almost don’t blame him for it, he was raised as a member of the LDS Church. While some people break out of the Mormon church, it’s not easily done. The only thing that made his standard Mormon views on these topics “important” or “special” was that he is more famous than most members of the church.
I disagree with him on most things, but he’s been programmed to act that way well beyond anything I experienced in my childhood and had to overcome.
Disappointed is the better word for my views on him.