Racism in Society, an essay on "Obasan" written by Joy Kogawa.
Title: Racism in Society, an essay on "Obasan" written by Joy Kogawa.
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Details: Words: 1155 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Racism in Society, an essay on "Obasan" written by Joy Kogawa.
Category: /Literature/Biographies
Details: Words: 1155 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The issue of racial conflict has caused great controversy for many centuries. Conflict which is incited by racism is often thought to be the worst of all conflicts because it is unfounded and based on utterly false beliefs. In society today, there are many racist people who put down and almost ostracize the people of another community. In Joy Kogawa's novel, Obasan, the issue of racism is discussed through the various letters kept by Obasan
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novel, for example, all Japanese were considered to be evil people even though the Japanese living in Canada did hardly anything to the Canadians. Individuals of a certain community are being ostracized by other people for being of a certain race. Obasan, teaches us that we should not consider a certain community to be evil, but embrace the differences in society. In other words, Hitler was a fanatical German, however not all Germans are fanatical.