TERM-PAPER RACISM

Racism is defined as the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one 's own race is superior, is racist. In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the theme of racism is shown. At the time when this story occurred, people looked at blacks as slaves, and not humans. Because of this, they abused and neglected black slaves. Huck thought no differently of Jim; he only copied what he had thought was expected. No one cared to consider that perhaps blacks are people, and perhaps they have feelings, too. This mindset of superiority of the whites influenced many events.