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A 4 page paper which defines the term “racist” and then provides quotes from the novel to support the contention. No additional sources are used.
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religious person who believed that slavery was a moral outrage. The great popularity of the novel brought the abolitionist cause from the underground to the forefront of American society.
It is widely believe that it was the literary spark of Uncle Toms Cabin that ultimately ignited the Civil War. However, upon closer examination, despite Stowes laudable intentions,
the text emphasizes the inherent prejudices that have always existed among white Americans. The term racist can be defined as a belief that one race or ethnic group is
somehow superior to the other. Uncle Toms Cabin is a racist text because it reinforces longstanding notions of white supremacy in terms of intellect, sophistication, and morality. The title
character, a protagonist condescendingly referred to as Uncle Tom, is a slave who instead of opposing an oppressive system remains oddly complacent. Despite being bought and sold like he
was a piece of property, Uncle Tom remains unfailingly loyal to his owners, George and Emily Shelby. In fact, when the financially struggling Shelby is forced to sell Tom
to a sadistic plantation owner named Simon Legree, he chooses to rationalize it in an observation that illustrates his complicity in regards to his inferior status. Tom laments, "That
ar hurt me more than sellin, it did. Mebbe it might have been natural for him, but t would have come despt hard on me, as has known him
from a baby; but Ive seen Masr, and I begin ter feel sort o reconciled to the Lords will now. Masr couldnt help hisself; he did right" (Stowe 61).
It is as if he passively accepts the notion of Caucasian cultural superiority. The racist attitudes are also reflected in the novels supporting characters as well. For example,
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