can be overlooked because it was turn of the century USA, most straight white males where racist, so why are we holding him to a different standard?

that could easily be argued. Non one is asking that a vile human being like Ty Cobb be removed from the Baseball hall of fame for it, so why come after HPL?

Older critiques the writing, and it's essential, because it shows HPL wasn't only a shitty human being, but a weak writer. the last part is as important as the first.

to further my point PDK, who arguably would be on Sci-Fi's Mount Rushmore has some SERIOUSLY FLAWED novels in the later stages of his career in terms of character development, character dimension, believability of narrative, and POV. things that could be read as sexist and racist... and was fucking an 17/18/19 when he was 56.

yet if you or I wanted to rail against his award we would need to critique his word/craft, not only the person.