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Values Dissonance or one of its related tropes, depending on how it's played in the work (is it acknowledged as racist, for example?) — that sort of casual racism was more or less accepted during his lifetime, but is frowned upon now.
Fair for Its Day can come into play in some older works as well. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a good example: once you get past the culture shock, Jim is a radical-for-the-time portrayal of an intelligent man who happens to be a poorly educated black former slave, and much of the novel revolves around the importance of Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! regarding the treatment of others.
Possibly Have a Gay Old Time, if the slurs weren't considered particularly offensive during that time period.
Hi everyone, I'm working on the TV Tropes page of "Typhoon" by Joseph Conrad and I'm looking for the name of a trope which describes the kind of racism where Conrad didn't mind using offensive slurs during his lifetime (especially how he constantly uses the term "coolie" for talking about chinese slaves).