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George RR Martin, the famous author of the Game of Thrones saga , served as master of ceremonies at the Hugo Awards 2020, a prestigious literary award that recognizes writers of science fiction and fantasy.

2020 Hugo Awards Announced https://t.co/zxqPR4TQFR

- The Hugo Awards (@TheHugoAwards) August 1, 2020

And despite the great diversity displayed among the nominees - only writers for the best novel category - the author has consistently referred to figures associated with white supremacism like HP Lovecraft and John W. Campbell. Better still, he scratched several names, including those of some laureates like Rebecca F. Kuang or FIYAH, a magazine entirely written by black authors. In the process, accusations of racism rocketed on the networks.

Striking

“The contrast between the diversity of the winners, the political significance of their speeches, and the deeply smug, conservative and outdated performance of GRRM as emcee is striking. And I say “striking” for class, ”wrote one Internet user.

The contrast between the diverse winners and the political statements in their acceptance speeches and the deeply complacent, old-fashioned conservative performance by GRRM as toastmaster is striking.

Trying to be classy, ​​so "striking". # HugoAwards

- Richard Gadsden (@ po9crg) August 1, 2020

HP Lovecraft and John W. Campbell both received Retro Hugo Awards, honoring creators who worked before the award was created. And believes Vulture, these two authors are known as much for the importance of their work as for their marked racism. The fact that George RR Martin uses all his speaking time to reverence in a strong way these figures while deliberately neglecting the new generation has been interpreted as a desire to send a most questionable political message. 

For his part, the author apologized in a commentary on a blog post dedicated to the event. He explained that he discovered some of the names he had to pronounce when he opened the envelope of the winners. 

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