ENG 102

Raiana Rosa

Prof. Tailbird

The Cure for Racism is Cancer

This story is about a man who presumes to be a cancer patient. It becomes evident to him that all the other patients are people of all different races. I think the idea of the story is that it doesn't matter who you are, what you have, or where you come from, at the end of the day we are all human. The metaphor he uses "the cure for racism is cancer" basically means that when you have this disease and you are in a room full of people who also have this disease there is no judgement. When you have cancer most people's lives begin to go downhill and realize that the things they thought were important aren't really important at all. We live in a country where racism is still a very big problem, however the author explains his story about how when everyone in the same room is sick with cancer, it doesn't matter what color skin the person next to you has. He also realizes that majority of the people who help him through this time are people of all races. As he sits during treatment he has all the time in the world to think about what is going on around him, and he comes to the conclusion that the only way to cure racism is when you, as a human being, are deathly sick and need someone, another human being to help/guide you through this.