Probably the latter
What's your opinion of H. P. Lovecraft, comrades?
Lucas Gray
Leo Hill
Who says it was the unknown? Ethnicity weren't "unknown" even back then
Jace Wilson
Not so much their ethnicity as much as the fact that they looked different from him. I mean it was probably more complicated than that, he had mental illnesses and had a shitty life in general.
Chase Wright
I mean even today the cultures of foreigners are misunderstood, whether it's because of not wanting to learn or being unable to understand their culture.
Grayson Reed
What was suddenly realized immediately after realizing they looked different was that their society was extremely primitive to that of Europeans
In what ways does Lovecraft "misunderstand" anyone?
Eli Diaz
He saw Africans as all tribal etc, y'know the common old racist shtick. You could say misunderstanding is a bit of a soft word for his disdain for the "lesser peoples" though, so my bad on that.
Owen Hill
reactionary twat
Joseph Cooper
Most of sub sahara africa today is still very tribal and it was definitely more so in 1920 (when Lovecraft was age 30)
Calling a tribal people tribal isn't "common old racist shtick"
Nathan Torres
if someone posts bait in this thread just give em this shit
Jacob Williams
Yes this is true, tribal was the wrong word to use. He just saw them as "lesser" because of their inferior culture. He didn't want to understand their culture, doing such would acknowledge their humanity. In this way "the unknown" to Lovecraft was foreignness.