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Black & white, Summer 1944

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tellect?" It is to retch.

	"If God thought black to be beauty, why did He not paint the lily that way?"  Surely you, my readers, see the superficial, the ridiculous reasoning of this nauseating nonsense.  Such mad-talk to me is revolting, horrendous and infamous.  It really makes me quite incoherent with revulsion and rage, the evil idiocy of it!

	Now fans are supposed to know things like relative viewpoints, and that to gorgeous hard ebon panther people living in caves hollowed from coal, a woman's pink body, descended from the ape, would be a thing of soft, bleached and blasphemous obscenity---unless the panther were a fanther.

	I suppose Jack Speer agrees with the sentiments of "Sown".  I doubt he considers it God's Divine Will that the Negro should be abolisht, but I daresay he would consider the prospect most desirable.  If I may say so without seeming patronizing or superior, I think Jack has a Blind Spot on this subject. What can we fellow fans say to him to show him the lite? I presume I'm writing to a sympathetic audience:  I should be a disillusioned fan indeed were this article to raise a storm of protest against me.

	The Negro servifan's name is Vincent Williams.  He's a LA reader.  As a passifan, he's been reading omnivorously the past 3 years.  Astounding is his favorite.  He likes Heinlein, also "Lefty Feep" yarns.  He reads Weird Tales too. And saves his mags, claiming quite a collection including back numbers he's bought.  He'd like to try his hand at writing, particularly playwriting and radio-scripting, of the stf and fsy variety, of course.  He knew me by reputation----or repute. I hope to be instrumental in introducing him to fandom.  I favor women and "foreigners" in fandom--STF alone the magic password, the Open Sesame---and I earnestly hope you all will accept the concept of a dark-skinned brother.

	Simultaneously, what the devil are we going to do about Jack?

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tellect?" It is to retch. "If God thought black to be beauty, why did He not paint the lily that way?" Surely you, my readers, see the superficial, the ridiculous reasoning of this nauseating nonsense. Such mad-talk to me is revolting, horrendous and infamous. It really makes me quite incoherent with revulsion and rage, the evil idiocy of it! Now fans are supposed to know things like relative viewpoints, and that to gorgeous hard ebon panther people living in caves hollowed from coal, a woman's pink body, descended from the ape, would be a thing of soft, bleached and blasphemous obscenity---unless the panther were a fanther. I suppose Jack Speer agrees with the sentiments of "Sown". I doubt he considers it God's Divine Will that the Negro should be abolisht, but I daresay he would consider the prospect most desirable. If I may say so without seeming patronizing or superior, I think Jack has a Blind Spot on this subject. What can we fellow fans say to him to show him the lite? I presume I'm writing to a sympathetic audience: I should be a disillusioned fan indeed were this article to raise a storm of protest against me. The Negro servifan's name is Vincent Williams. He's a LA reader. As a passifan, he's been reading omnivorously the past 3 years. Astounding is his favorite. He likes Heinlein, also "Lefty Feep" yarns. He reads Weird Tales too. And saves his mags, claiming quite a collection including back numbers he's bought. He'd like to try his hand at writing, particularly playwriting and radio-scripting, of the stf and fsy variety, of course. He knew me by reputation----or repute. I hope to be instrumental in introducing him to fandom. I favor women and "foreigners" in fandom--STF alone the magic password, the Open Sesame---and I earnestly hope you all will accept the concept of a dark-skinned brother. Simultaneously, what the devil are we going to do about Jack?