Red Queen Racism Quotes

Does Victoria Aveyard portray racism in the book Red Queen?

Do people even know they’re racist? The T.V. has a big role on how people portray different races. Like how black women are are ghetto or white men are rapist or crazy. People might not know this but people thinking like this is a form of racism. What is racism? There are many different types of racism. Racism in Red Queen is how the silvers think their better then the reds because they have powers. Racism is a very big problem in the world today.

What is racism? Racism is when people think their race is better than every other race. People who are racist feels like they deserve special rights and privileges. Racism is not just the color of skin it can also be toward education, employment and housing. People believe that the way they act or look is normal. Therefore when someone doesn't act or look like then people fear or distrust them. A stereotype is the way you view someone based on what you've seen, heard, or believe. There are many different types of racism. Individual racism is mostly prejudice acting toward individuals in relation to others racial groups. Individual racism is mostly done on purpose. A person who is

influenced by racist assumptions is considered unconscious racism. Institutional racism is to restrict the opportunities of minorities in communities, schools, businesses, and other groups. Institutional racism could or couldn't be on purpose, but can make harmful results. Environmental racism is when individual or institutional racism causes harmful environmental effects on a group. An example of environmental racism is when many people are forced to live in slums due to lack of housing elsewhere. Racism has existed since the beginning of history. More than two thousands years ago ancient Greeks and Romans made slaves of people whom they considered lower. Groups as well as individuals differ. Their is no scientific proof to support claims of superiority or inferiority to these differences. Social scientist emphasize that no two groups have exactly the same environment.

In the book Red Queen there are two different types of people. There's the reds and there's the silvers. The silvers are considered the high gods in the book. They have powers and their blood is silver. Not every silver is considered a god though there is high houses and low houses. The country is ran by a silver king and queen. The reds are the lowest class of the country. They are called reds because their blood is red and they have no special powers. They have to serve the silvers and fight in the war. The silvers think that the reds are below them and are made to always serve them. The reds are forced to live in the slums. Half of the country's reds don't even have electricity. The silvers thinks that reds are dirty and choose to live the way they live. Racism is also shown in theia book by how there are different levels of silvers. The silvers whose powers are weak are treated like regular people. If you are not part of the royal family or have strong powers you are not treated like royalty. This is racism and being prejudice toward other people.

Racism has three parts stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination.

Stereotype are a particular image of a person or thing. Stereotypes are not only harmful in their own right they do damage by fostering prejudice and discrimination. Discrimination is putting group of members at a disadvantage or treating them unfairly as a result of their group membership. Prejudice is the emotional part of racism. It is a negative attitude directed at a group and its members. There are simple differences between prejudice and stereotype. When an individual's negative stereotype increases so does his or her prejudice. When prejudice and stereotypes change they do not necessarily change together. These three form of racisms got hand and hand but it is possible to have one without the

other.

Yes Victoria does portray racism in the book Red Queen. If people agree and show signs of these things then there is a chance you are racist. There are many different types of racism and even showing signs of one type make a person racist. The book Red Queen shows various signs of racism. The silvers show various types of racism toward reds. Racism is a big problem in the world today and may never go away. Human minds think certain ways and people believe certain things that makes them think of a race in a certain way.