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Alice Walker, and "The Child by Tiger," by Thomas Wolfe. Specifically, it will compare and contrast the theme of the story, the overall message each author is trying to convey. When a story confronts racism, but is unconsciously racist in its portrayal of minority characters, it contains "racism within racism," and does not give a balanced view of the minority characters. Both of these stories contain racism within racism, and defeat the purpose of writing "intelligently" about blacks.

RACISM WITHIN RACISM

In "The Child by Tiger" Wolfe portrays Dick Prosser as a typical black man of the time, working at menial jobs for low wages. Yet here is a man who served in the Army, obviously with some responsibility, who is reduced to chopping wood and cooking, and it is accepted, not only by the people in the story, but by the author as well. When he goes crazy, he is just a "crazy" nigger, and only the whites that are shot really matter.

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Then it is discovered the Jewish pawnbroker sold him the rifle, and the Jew's portrayal is even more racist than Dick's. Wolfe attempts to portray Dick as a victim of the world he lived in, but his equally racist portrayal of him takes away the importance from his portrayal, and sheds light on Wolfe's own racism, even if he did not realize it. "He came from darkness. He came out of the heart….....

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