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Racism In A Worn Path And Desirees pamperIn both of the stories A Worn Path by Eudora Welty, and Desirees Baby by Kate Chopin. The encounters of Phoenix and Desiree show two different readings that freshet with a common news report of impending the black and white racial issue in America. There are lots of references to racism in both of the readings.Throughout the short story A Worn Path, on that point are many events related to racism when Phoenix walking on an extremely difficult path to the towns population and get the care for for her grandson. The prime(prenominal) event is that when she meets the white hunter. First he appears as a good-natured and a friendly person , he suggested Phoenix to return kinsfolk , however , she refused the hunter s suggestion , because she is on a mature and heavy mission of love. Then the hunter made a racist capriole to Phoenix, I know you colored people Wouldnt miss going to town to see Santa Claus Second event is that when Phoenix entered clinic, she has been treated unfairly because she is black. A charity case, I suppose, said an attendant who sat at the desk earlier her.(Welty70) , Are you deaf? cried the attendant.(Welty 75). The attendant rudely asked whether she is deaf because she didnt answer her questions presently and Phoenix referred as a charity case .Phoenix performed a immense sacrifice for her grandson, but the attendant s behavior shows she is childish. Phoenix Jackson real the harsh circumstances of her feeling and moves on.The racism feature is the main theme in the short reading Desirees Baby. There are racism events happens when end-to-end the story. Desirees Baby alsok place when racism was way too prevalent. After Desiree matrimonial to Armand , they birthed a baby. When the child grows, the ski... ...t not judge the people by flavour at their races, like the old says dont judge a book by its cover. In the reading, the pride of Armand was greater than the love for his wife and their baby, which destroyed Desiree and their babys life and led to a sad ending.In Welty s short story A Worn Path, Phoenix is an old black woman who has no education after Phoenix was freed from slavery, and the racism was still way too prevalent after the Civil War. Her pride of love that she wants to get the medicine for her grandson and go through the woods no matter how difficult was it and no matter how unfair the society is ,there is nothing can able to obstruction her way. In both stories Desirees baby and A Worn Path showed a great representation to the readers about the struggles of racial issues in South U.S and people went through. The world has changed when time moves on.