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... Two modern works that illustrate this flaw in humanity are Staples’ op ed, “Black Men and Public Space,” and Watson’s novel Montana 1948. ... Both works portray the atrocious nature of racism as unjust and immoral, and provide some alternative to the social evil. ...
Throughout Larry Watson’s novel, Montana 1948, the Hayden family, specifically David’s grandfather and Wesley, make racist comments and thought nothing wrong of them. David learns of his father’s racism when he is only seven or eight years old. ...
In both works the victims were strongly affected by the racism, but their responses towards the racism were completely different. ... ” Contrary to how the victim in Staples work responded to his feelings, the Native Americans hid their feelings and pretended the racism did not exist. ...
Both works provide different alternatives to racism: Staples suggests the victims need to take action while Watson suggests the racists need to take action. ... Where as if he chooses family, he will be giving in to racism. Wes ends up choosing justice, and therefore provides an alternative to racism. Watson suggests that rather than turning ones back to racism and other horrible actions that happen to be reality in the world today, one must deal with the problem directly. ... However he does more than just arrest his brother; he makes the people of Mercer County look racism in the eye and do something to fix it. People can no longer turn their back and deny the reality that racism is a major part of their lives.
Racism is an ongoing problem that affects the majority of people worldwide. ... Until everyone is willing to help, which may or may not be possible, racism will exist.
Approximate Word count = 1536
Approximate Pages = 6.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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