Mark Twain Racist Or Realist

Mark Twain Racist Or Realist Mark Twain, Racist or Realist? Introduction This paper examines Mark Twain’s work to determine whether or not he was racist. Racism is defined by The American Heritage Dictionary as the belief that one race is superior to others. Unfortunately the issue of race isn’t black or white. There are many shades of gray in racism and even the most progressive thoughts of old seems conservative as progress enlightens …

…that the black slave was and that the Civil War created more problems then it solved. At the very end he wished for release. He called death the gift that makes all other gifts mean and poor (Neider 375). He resigned himself to the vision of a heaven full of unrecognized heroes and colored angels (McCullough 129-188). This is not the vision of a racist, but one of an eminent, open-minded, and remarkable human. Word Count: 4936