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A Racial Parallel

In "A Racial Parallel," a group of White Christians in an American town, driven by simple moral stories of cultural superiority, attempts to expel their Chinese neighbors. When they translate an editorial from a Peking newspaper that calls for driving out foreign invaders, their outrage escalates, leading to the fulfillment of their intent to drive out the Chinese community. This engaging moral tale highlights the consequences of prejudice and the dark side of moral absolutism in childhood stories with moral lessons.

A Racial Parallel - Aesop's Fable illustration about prejudice, xenophobia, cultural conflict
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"The story illustrates the hypocrisy of intolerance, revealing how those who condemn others for their beliefs often mirror the very same prejudices they oppose."

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Quick Facts

Age Group
adult
Theme
prejudice
xenophobia
cultural conflict
Characters
White Christians
Chinese Heathens
victim
people of the Province of Pang Ki
foreign devils

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