Examples Of Racism In 12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men and Racism 12 Angry Men is a famous play and movie that was written by award-winning Reginald Rose. 12 Angry Men is a play in which the 12 members of a jury argue if a boy is innocent or guilty in a tight room, where some arguments become heated and aggressive. The author goes over several moral principles throughout the play. One of the main principles that Reginald Rose implements into his play, is that racial segregation and racism can cloud people’s views, even when deciding important matters. Racism shouldn’t cloud our judgement when deciding on what is right and wrong. Racism could be a leading factor when deciding on certain matters. This can be clearly seen in the play specifically from juror ten. Juror ten is not the main protagonist or antagonist in the story, but is the greatest racist of all the jurors. He decides that the defendant is guilty, purely from the defendant’s race and where he is from. Juror ten’s racist views can especially be seen when he has a monologue around the end of the play. During this monologue he states, “Look, you know how those people lie. I don’t have to tell you. They don’t know what the truth is.” (336). Here you can clearly notice that instead of looking at the facts, Juror ten is just being racist, without knowing the

Not only does it cloud one’s judgement, but may also hurt another’s feelings. Juror ten hurt the feelings of juror five, when he spoke that everyone from the slums were awful people. This can be seen when, juror five becomes angry and yells “I’ve lived in a slum all my life… There is something personal!” (318). Juror five has his feelings hurt from the words that juror ten says. Racism is clearly wrong, and is obvious when juror ten starts to bad-mouth people from the slums, and everyone ignores him, refusing to listen to juror ten’s biased and ethically wrong views. Racism is not morally accepted, and is not right to exist in