racism Act 2

Othello actually is responsible for some racism in Act two. He asks his men if they are turned Turks meaning Turkish people who are different then the way they are. Not white not black, but in between and a lot of people don’t like the Turks because they cause trouble. Othello has said yet if he is offended by all the racism but he certainly gives it right back in his own ways. Maybe he doesn’t even mean to do it, which half the time most people don’t. But in this time period and in this play everyone has racism and everyone clearly states their opinion. Iago is still working on his plan to get back at Othello for sleeping with his wife and I think getting back at him also has to do with racism and him being good at what he does. He says at one point something about the lusty moor. Iago is using Desdemona to help get what he wants and he gets pretty close with her at one point. What I think he is really saying is that he too loves Desdemona not out of lust but out of revenge to get back at the moor for sleeping with his wife or so he thinks Othello slept with his wife. Iago also runs into two men from Cyprus who wants to drink to the health of black Othello. They are being racist here because they are drinking to him because he is black and because he is in bed with white women.