William Apess then asks his predominantly white audience to reexamine their Christian values ​​along with their prejudices. His essay recognizes that unless the discrimination and prejudice that afflict the white man towards other races disappear, there will be no peace in the Union. Apess' depiction of the rampant racism that existed in America in his time is accurate and clear. . He understood that the nature of racism is found both in the common citizen and in the ruling classes or politicians. For example, at the time Apess wrote his essay, interracial marriage was illegal in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He mentions it as a direct violation of the individual's rights by both the state and society. Apess's thesis is that the white man does not even consider other races, especially native Indians or blacks, qualified to have rights in the first place. The dehumanization of the Indian by the white man allows the latter to oppress and murder the former, to take possession of his land and