Without racism, there is not separation of pure and impure skin. There would also be no separation of social class solely based on what the color of your skin was. In Desiree’s Baby, the resulting factors of racism are that Armand is left without a family, and Desiree is assumed dead. Neither side came out on top. In the end, the letter to Armand states that his mother belonged to the race that was cursed with the brand of slavery (Chopin 235). This proves that no matter what color you are, there is no one race that is better than everyone else. I also believe the character Desiree is synonymous with real life. If humanity continues down a path of racism and pain. The end result will be a disappearance of morals and ethics. Humanity may have started racism. But that does not mean that everyone has to follow it like Armand chose to do. He chose to abandon his own son and the woman he once loved based on a lie. As a society, we cannot give in to racism, because that will only lead us down a very long and painful path to
Without racism, there is not separation of pure and impure skin. There would also be no separation of social class solely based on what the color of your skin was. In Desiree’s Baby, the resulting factors of racism are that Armand is left without a family, and Desiree is assumed dead. Neither side came out on top. In the end, the letter to Armand states that his mother belonged to the race that was cursed with the brand of slavery (Chopin 235). This proves that no matter what color you are, there is no one race that is better than everyone else. I also believe the character Desiree is synonymous with real life. If humanity continues down a path of racism and pain. The end result will be a disappearance of morals and ethics. Humanity may have started racism. But that does not mean that everyone has to follow it like Armand chose to do. He chose to abandon his own son and the woman he once loved based on a lie. As a society, we cannot give in to racism, because that will only lead us down a very long and painful path to