Borges' opinions

[Ya Sam]

Hmmm...

"He was a man of forceful, though inconsistent, opinions: Shakespeare is the 
most overrated writer, Joyce’s books are idiotic but keep literary critics 
employed, anyone who admires Baudelaire is an imbecile."

"Many of his reported opinions will confirm the view that he was a racist: 
“I am not anti-Semite, but the fact that everywhere the most varied cultures 
have persecuted Jews is an argument against them.” He was, in any case, an 
equal-opportunity supremacist: “I was asked if I liked Brazil. I said no, 
because the country is full of negroes. They didn’t like that at all. One 
can’t say anything against negroes. Their only merit is to have been 
mistreated and that, as Bernard Shaw remarked, is no merit.”

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d2d21718-a6c0-11db-83e4-0000779e2340.html

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