The Effects Of Racism In Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality ... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

Racism has become such a loaded issue that most people are sensitized to the issue. Numerous people are respectful, but mindful of what they say in case it’s taken the wrong way. Racism is the most talked about issue in the world today. Many People are unaware of how much racism still exists in our work forces, and everywhere social lives are occurring. Sherman Alexie’s novel Indian Killer pursues racial divisions that exist between Native Americans and Caucasians.

Racism is a very touchy subject for most people, as issues concerning free speech. As other people might argue, that making racist comments is part of free speech, everyone should have the right without restriction. Others view these comments in much more depth as they can lead to serious consequence. “It has been 40 years since Star Trek had Uhura and Sulu, longer since To Kill a Mockingbird and In the Heat of the Night. Shouldn’t we be seeing a more honest depiction of society by now or is that just naive? Perhaps the problem is as much political correctness” (Levinson). Purhapse, Levinson is right. Being a racist is not acceptable, it is only the twenty-first century and humanity still can’t get the hint that racism is not acceptable. Racism is like a gene it is inherited from your parents, grandparents and so forth. Temioo has a poster on Deviantart called racism (Temioo). The message Temioo is trying to get out to the public is that no matter your race, color, religion or fing...

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...anged over the colonial period, where it became insurrectionary, an ideology permeating the culture that warp noble intentions to its use. It is no surprise; how else is someone suppose to feel, surrounded by such stigma? The modern face of racism isn’t groups like the KKK or the Nazi’s. Truth is racism doesn’t have a face; it likes to use imagery, ideas, actions to disperse hatred that sometimes one is not aware of their own racism. Perhaps racism is something civilization will never be able to get rid of completely, or maybe the only way to start is by realizing that we need to change as a nation the way we look at it. Racism may have change we the way we look at it is the same way we did fifty years ago; it is a personal issue as well as a political one. Until people wake up and are willing to change the way they view racism and themselves, it will never change.