Monday, March 12, 2012
Racist or not?
Troy Maxson is racist. His political ideals are the misfortune that plagues this once great nation and they are the sole reason that he turned to the horror that is discrimination. His capitalistic/darwinistic attitude has existed in the hearts and minds of Americans since the 1930's and it was still prevalent in the 1980's when Fences was written. August Wilson noted the populous that believes in the republican idea of elitism by creating a character for his story named Troy Maxson. Maxson, who's very name parallels Marxism, believed in the supremacy of the white race. This supremacy thus made him feel under the white race since he was an African American. Maxson felt as if he did not have the same rights and authority, because the whites were superior. Therefore, Troy Maxson, in my opinion, is racist of the white people because of the how they treat him and their "superiority."
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