Racial Groups In Shooting An Elephant, By George Orwell

In “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell we are able to see a large gap between the racial groups and a difference between lifestyle. The gap is prevalent in all aspects of life and can be seen from any point of view. This gap can often lead to making non-white racial groups feel like they do not have the same chance at success or happiness as whites

Within a smaller community, one might believe it would be harder for a group to feel discriminated against. A school environment is a great for studying on a small scale as it is a community within a small area. In her novel “race and the Invisible Hand: How White Networks Exclude Black Men from Blue-Collar Jobs”, Royster shared a point of view from the whites. She spent a good bit of time within the white community because of her fair skin tone and was able to come to the conclusion that “others seemed to be experiencing frustration with blacks for appearing to take longer than other groups to achieve the “American Dream’” (5). Even with such

Continuing with the fact that people are sectioned based on their ethnicity, often people are pressured to act in the way that other people view their race. It is a case of wanting to fit in with what is viewed as normal. What is viewed as right and wrong changes with each group as each groups can have different morals. While discrimination does have the largest effect on minorities, other racial groups are also affected mentally. “Members of the ingroup face an internal conflict, resulting from the disconnect between the societal rejection of racist behaviors and the societal persistence of racist attitudes” (Blank 59).For example, many white children grow up in a home full of discrimination towards others and so they believe that is what is right. Their morals are construde and they have been brainwashed to adopt those