When Ethan realizes Debbie (his niece) is captured, of course he is an enraged state of mind; he uses all his resources, time and energy to try and go save her from the Comanche. For oneself, we might agree with his angry actions if this occurred to us. This does not justify Ethan’s racial statements though. In one scene, her makes it clear that he rather have Debbie killed than living with the Comanche. This was due to the fact that the mixing of races was frowned upon. There is even a scene when Martin and Ethan go into a post where US service members have rescued captured women, but Ethan made it clear that they were no longer white women because the women had been taken by natives. While Ethan is searching for Debbie, Martin becomes worried that Ethan will kill Debbie because she is not seen as white anymore in his eyes. When women became captured by native men, the women are not seen as part of white culture anymore, the white women have been mixed with native societies and they are viewed through different eyes in white culture.
