Matt Khoury
Responding and Reflecting
To be completely honest, I wasn’t at all surprised by this book. The racism apparent in this book is obvious, especially for the time. Sure, in our time it is incredibly racist, but during the time it was actually pretty progressive. I am in no way defending the use of the word “n-----”, but that was the norm during that time. The power structure is prevalent throughout the book. This structure is still somewhat prevalent today. Although slavery and extreme racism aren’t the norm anymore, there is still racism in our society today. The most obvious form of racism is verbal, but the biggest problem is institutionalized racism. In this country, there is still a power structure at work. People of Color, such as Latinos and African-Americans, are usually at the bottom, while White people are at the top. This book shows us just how far we’ve come, but it also shows how far we have to go. I think most people have a skewed perception as to what racism is. People look at the racism exemplified in Huck Finn and pin that as the only way you can be racist. Yes, that is the most blatant form of racism, but that is certainly not the most detrimental form racism. The struggle that most people of color face is not justified.
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