Blood Meridian Race Quotes

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Quote #7

"I don't like to see white men that way, Glanton said. Dutch or whatever. I don't like to see it" (16.16).

Deep down, Glanton has a lot of pride in the white race. He never likes to see any white person living a dirty, crazy life because he feels it makes them just like any other race. Little does he know that all of his white supremacist ideas will eventually get him killed, but we can definitely see it coming all along.

Quote #8

"She won't bring you nothin without I tell her to. I own this place" (16.111).

One racist bartender decides that he's never going to serve anything to the black John Jackson. He makes himself perfectly clear, although he doesn't seem to realize that he's dealing with a bunch of bloodthirsty murderers…or maybe he just assumes everyone is, given the time and place.

Quote #9

"Glanton told him to his face that any man who trusted an Indian was a fool" (19.1)

Glanton hates the idea of peace between whites, Mexicans, and Aboriginal people. It's not quite clear though whether he thinks peace is impossible or whether he doesn't want there to be peace. After all, the guy has made an awful lot of money off the lack of peace, so the idea of peaceful coexistence and racial harmony probably doesn't interest him too much.