As a surgeon in Denver, Pius Kamau strongly believes in caring for his patients, no matter what their racial views may be. His essay gives his personal story about racism and ideas about the importance of equality. Being able to experience American freedom was his greatest goal growing up in Kenya. He later realized American equality wasn’t quite like he had envisioned.
Kamau tells a very personal story of a young Nazi soldier who spat on him in the hospital because of his skin color. The soldier refused to let Kamau treat him and insisted that only the white nurses check him for injury. At that moment Kamau wanted nothing to do with the boy either. But to this day he wonders what he could have done to make their encounter better.
Kamau’s narrative essay tells his personal encounter with racism in America. He uses this narrative style to help us realize what racism is really like. By telling a true story we can understand the struggle of racism that many people encounter every day. Because he experienced racism first hand, he is able to develop a very sincere claim, that all human being are equal and that it is his duty to care for everyone, even those who would rather die than consider him their equal.
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