Deadly Unna Rasism

The novel Deadly Unna has a lot of racism in it. Many people are involved in racism, but hardly anyone tries to mend it. Gary knows racism is around, but because of the lack of anyone wanting to change it, he finds it difficult to mend it. Dumby also tries to fix it from his point of view. The Aboriginal community also doesn't want to fix the problem. Gary and Dumby's family try to make changes but they are not on a very large scale.   Most of the adults are racist. Not all of them know that they are racist, the only one mentioned was Darcy, because he says that they are all sluts with the clap. The butcher that wrote the racist graffiti on the wall is definitely racist, and Gary knows that he is racist. Racism takes many from in the story, five aspects in the novel are racial jokes, racial abuse, racist people and exclusion.

  Racists jokes in the pub, is the start of Gary's knowledge of racism in his community. There are different stories and jokes told in the pub that are directly racists. The people that make the comments are racist, but not as racists as people that make comments or jokes directly to Aboriginal people.  

  Racial abuse also happens in the novel. Gary Black realizes the most people in his community are racist and as the story progresses Gary gets a greater sense and wants to distance himself from it. The white's show racism against the blacks though racist jokes, graffiti and comments which degrades the aborigines. Other discrimination is evident when the Nungas are expected to used the back bar of the pub.  

  There are many racists people in the novel. The story has people that definitely had racism in their younger years, such as the butcher, but by the end of the book they are not directly being racist. They still make jokes and comments, but have matured. [continues]

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