Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
Sameer Bhavnani
Dr. Alex Toth
English 1A
May 23, 2003
Racism in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
"We have to be very chary about pontificating on the "totality of meaning" of "Heart of Darkness."' Written by Harold Collins, who believes when you read the book one should not come to easy conclusions. (104) Many scholars such as Ian Watt speculate that Joseph Conrad was a racist, writing, "...using the word "cannibal" to describe natives of Africa, displayed …
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Waller, James. Face to Face: The Changing State of Racism Across America University
of Massachusetts Press Due/Published September 2002, pp. 272
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