The main theme of “Gran Torino,” directed by and featuring Clint Eastwood, is that of racism and racial biases. Walt, played by Eastwood, is white man retired from the military; he holds to be the only remaining white man in a now primarily Asian neighborhood. From serving in the Vietnam War, Walt was social influences by his fellow soldiers to be racial bias towards the people they were fighting in the war; to Walt, this meant he was racial bias towards everyone of Asian descent. However, it’s not fair to consider him a racist since he did not act like his race was superior to others; he treated the white priest just as poorly. Like Walt, the Hmong boy living nextdoor was influenced by his family to join the gang, but the boy was also influenced
