Racist?

Yes, Conrad was racist. What we have to remember is that he was crazy. This is a man suffered from anger problems and depression. He wrote Heart of Darkness similar to his real life expedition. He had the opportunity to change image of Africa and its natives but he didn’t. He wrote a book that enhanced the image of savages, and uncivilized people that were native to Africa. He dehumanizes the continent of Africa and all it’s people. He makes the people to be like animals and refers to Africa as “the other world”. Conrad writes this story through another character thus, allowing Conrad to allow his real feelings come out. So in the end I agree with Chinua Achebe that Conrad was a racist.