Achebe's Argument For The Dehumanization Of African Americans?

Racism is not a highly discussed topic due to its argued opinions. Some of us are fortunate enough to enhance our lives by experiencing close association with people from a wide range of races, religions, and cultures, but a large number of of us still live lives of racial isolation. We do not talk much about important things to people who look or act or believe different from us. Our distance and silence feed the confusion, fear, hostility, and misunderstandings that keep this problem alive today. The United States is already one of the most diverse societies in the world. The next generations will inherit an even more diverse society as the population continues to exponentially grow. We need to help teach to live and work with people
I believe that since he is an African American, he is partial to arguing that Conrad was racist and was inconsiderate about the black population and how it would affect the readers’ opinions on African/African Americans. Achebe’s argument to not teach about racism is like saying that The Holocaust should not be discussed in school because we only get the viewpoint from the Jews and not from how Hitler felt about it. It is also seen that Achebe takes great offense to the fact that the book celebrates the ‘dehumanization’ of the black population and the view of Africa as a whole. Yet, “Of all the people described, by far the happiest, healthiest, and most vital are the group of blacks seen paddling their canoe through the surface of the coast.” It is hard for Achebe to view the use of racism in Conrad’s book because he was African American and he was so passionate about respect for the people who reside/resided there that it was hard for him to step out of his comfort zone to accept that racism was being used to teach not to insult. With this in mind, wouldn’t Achebe be the one to step over the racial boundary to create equality rather than hide behind it just to prove a point? The like and dislike for Conrad’s opinions from Achebe makes it hard to know just how he
Watts sees and discusses both the positive and negative outcomes with Conrad’s heavy use of racism in his book. He believes that Conrad does use heavy references to racism in his book, but he does not take as much offense to it as Achebe did. Watts believed that Achebe was bias toward the book because he was African American and was so passionate about respect for the people who reside/resided there. Unlike Achebe’s essay, Watts’s essay is less angry and focused more on writing about how he felt racism was used in Conrad’s the Heart of