How Is Racism Shown In Of Mice And Men

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck shows racism and how it was very prevelant in the 1930's. John Steinbeck introduces the only black character, Crooks. "In the character of Crooks, the black ranch hand, Steinbeck illustrates the constant, polluting presence of racism in America in the 1930s. He reveals its powerful and dangerous capacity to infect how we see ourselves and others." (Miller). Equality starts in the hearts and the minds of people. Not only has racism in the world caused a big problem in the present, but in the past also. In the Civil War era, racism happened immensely due to white people thinking they were more superior than black people. During the war, there was disagreements about whether the slaves should be free or not. Racism has broken relationships and unkindness has filled people’s hearts. Racism can breed hatred not only in the United States, but in any other country like India, that does not embrace equality. The outcome of all this problem is that racism affects relationships with others due to favoritism in the United States and India. During the Civil War period, racism
One of the longest and still existing wars against racism happened in India starting between 1700 B.C and 1500 B.C.. Indo- European nomads invaded the great black colony of Harappa and Mohenjo- daro. "They conquered the nation and when they got a hold of the religious texts of that region, they enabled the the world's first system of 'color castes' and 'color consciousness' between people." (Barton). Currently, racism has not been eradicated from India. Indians have been known to taunt, kill, and act in violent ways toward dark skinned people even to this day. An example is when an African man was beaten to death by a group of Indian men in New Delhi and died in 2016. The attack was considered a racist's hate crime and racial epithets were involved with the