In Larry Watson’s “Montana 1948” Julian Hayden’s racist attitude causes conflict with other characters in the story. Julian Hayden is seen as a racist periodically throughout the story, for example like when he was talking about the grandkids. In the text Julian was said saying “We want them white” (Watson 96 iBook). Julian does not want any Indian Kids at all he wants is for them to be white.. Julian probably wouldn’t accept any other children unless they were white. Also, Due to Julian’s racial attitudes it has caused his son Wes to also be a racist toward Indian women. In the story Wes’s son David said “An aunt gave me a pair of moccasins for my birthday, and my father forbade me to wear them” (Watson 44 iBook). This shows how this is a
