Curious that you pre-attribute to Huxley “his Anglo snobbery” before wondering whether he was able to put it aside. I’m agnostic on the question, but people are complex.
I’ve completely forgotten this aspect of Brave New World, which I was asked to read in high school, like everybody else, when I was ill equipped to understand it. I should pick it up again.
Well, some of his descriptions of World State popular culture remind me of the anti-jazz sentiments of the time. Certainly, it’s hard to judge people from a different time; but, were he mindful of cross-cultural inclusion, he might of further developed his non-Anglo characters. It’s a bit like Conrad. Conrad had some noble intentions, but he still reduced Africa to a simplistic otherness. That smacks of snobbery.
Interesting coincidence. I too, read this in high school but in cleaning my room last week found the book, picked it up, and I’m presently rereading it. Animal Farm, also.
The Untimely Typewriter:Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction 
Curious that you pre-attribute to Huxley “his Anglo snobbery” before wondering whether he was able to put it aside. I’m agnostic on the question, but people are complex.
I’ve completely forgotten this aspect of Brave New World, which I was asked to read in high school, like everybody else, when I was ill equipped to understand it. I should pick it up again.
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Well, some of his descriptions of World State popular culture remind me of the anti-jazz sentiments of the time. Certainly, it’s hard to judge people from a different time; but, were he mindful of cross-cultural inclusion, he might of further developed his non-Anglo characters. It’s a bit like Conrad. Conrad had some noble intentions, but he still reduced Africa to a simplistic otherness. That smacks of snobbery.
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Interesting coincidence. I too, read this in high school but in cleaning my room last week found the book, picked it up, and I’m presently rereading it. Animal Farm, also.
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All of these books, including 1984, seem especially relevant today. I suppose they always will. Hence: classic.
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