Any Lovecraft fans here?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

14. It's there, quite a bit really

If you look at the people who worship the Old Gods throughout his work, they are always dark skinned and usually described as debased or primitive, while the "heroes" or victims are usually Northern European. "The Horror at Red Hook" is pretty blatant, and look up the name of the cat in "The Rats in the Walls."
There are some published poems and letters that are pretty bad as well.
The guy created some amazing horror, but his personal fears (and I think that was what drove his racism) are all over his work. And it's more than just "a product of his time" - but I think that by recognizing it, discussing it, and not excusing it makes his work palatable.
As an aside, the novel "Lovecraft Country" and the novella "The Ballad of Black Tom" both face Lovecraft's racism head-on from an AA perspective.