Racism in a Worn Path and Desiree's BabyIn both the stories A Worn Path by Eudora Welty and Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin. Phoenix and Desiree's encounters show two different readings that address the common theme of the impending racial question of blacks and whites in America. There are many references to racism in both readings. In the short story A Worn Path, there are many events related to racism when Phoenix walks along an extremely difficult path to the city and takes medicine for his nephew. The first event is when he meets the white hunter. At first appearing as a kind and friendly person, he suggested Phoenix to return home, however, she rejected the hunter's suggestion, because she is engaged in a mature and important love mission. Then the hunter made a racist joke to Phoenix: "I know you black people! I wouldn't miss going to town to see Santa Claus!" The second event is that when Phoenix entered the clinic, she was treated unfairly because she is black. "A charity case, I guess," said an attendant sitting at the counter in front of her. "(Welty70)," "Are you deaf?" the attendant shouted." (Welty 75). The attendant rudely asked her if she was deaf because she did not immediately answer his questions and Phoenix referred to a charity case. Phoenix made a great sacrifice for her nephew, but the behavior of the The janitor shows himself to be childish. Phoenix Jackson accepts the harsh circumstances of his life and moves forward. There are racist events that happen throughout history. Desiree's Baby takes place when racism was too widespread. After Desiree married Armand, they gave birth to a child. As the child grows up, the ski... middle of paper ... Don't judge people by looking at their races, as the old man says "don't judge a book by its cover". reading, Armand's pride was greater than the love for his wife and their child, which destroyed Desiree and their child's life and led to a sad ending. In Welty's short story "A Worn Path", Phoenix is ​​an old black woman who received no education after Phoenix was freed from slavery, and racism was still too prevalent after the Civil War. Her pride of love wants to take the medicine for her grandson and go through the woods, no matter how hard it was no matter how unfair the society is, there is nothing that can stop her. In both the stories Desiree's Child and A Worn Path showed readers a great portrayal of the struggles over racial issues in the southern United States and people went through the world changed as time goes by.