The Heart of Darkness has racism in it that people today, would consider horrible and insensitive. The use of the word “nigger” is constantly being thrown around. He, Conrad, says “nigger” so many times as if he couldn’t call them something else, such as, Africans. Or if he wanted to continue to be a racist he could have called them: those people, or these blacks. At least if he would have said that, it would have been a little less racist. In this passage, The Heart of Darkness has shown how a person, such as Conrad, doesn’t care about what comes out of his mouth. He speaks bluntly towards the Africans like he despises them.
In The Heart of Darkness, Conrad, portrays racism and acts like it’s not a problem calling an African a “nigger.” For example, Conrad says, “A nigger was being beaten nearby” (Conrad) pg. 17. I’m sure Conrad could have worded that sentence differently. Instead of saying “A …show more content…
When students are in school, they have their own cliques. When students get into a clique, they usually associate with their own kind and not other cliques. It’s usually cliques against cliques. The racism isn’t just with students; it can be with teachers and students as well. For instance, on July 11, 2013, there was this story in NYC on how these immigrant students were accused of making racists remarks to their non-white teachers. In this story it says, “Two of the teachers, who were fired, say they were victims of harassment and that their poor performance ratings were a result of racial discrimination.” It also says, “In a witness statement, the school's assistant principal, Anthony Riccardo confirmed their claims. He said Zanca called the teachers "gorillas" and made comments about their "big lips" and "nappy hair," according to WNYC.” These smart comments about these teachers were horrible and inexcusable. As you can see, racism can happen anywhere and to anyone. It doesn’t matter where you are, there are racist people
In The Heart of Darkness, Conrad, portrays racism and acts like it’s not a problem calling an African a “nigger.” For example, Conrad says, “A nigger was being beaten nearby” (Conrad) pg. 17. I’m sure Conrad could have worded that sentence differently. Instead of saying “A …show more content…
When students are in school, they have their own cliques. When students get into a clique, they usually associate with their own kind and not other cliques. It’s usually cliques against cliques. The racism isn’t just with students; it can be with teachers and students as well. For instance, on July 11, 2013, there was this story in NYC on how these immigrant students were accused of making racists remarks to their non-white teachers. In this story it says, “Two of the teachers, who were fired, say they were victims of harassment and that their poor performance ratings were a result of racial discrimination.” It also says, “In a witness statement, the school's assistant principal, Anthony Riccardo confirmed their claims. He said Zanca called the teachers "gorillas" and made comments about their "big lips" and "nappy hair," according to WNYC.” These smart comments about these teachers were horrible and inexcusable. As you can see, racism can happen anywhere and to anyone. It doesn’t matter where you are, there are racist people