... and Gomorrah are two science fiction short stories that discuss racism and sexuality in post-apocalypses, respectively. In The Comet, W.E.B. Du Bois describes the relationship between a black man, Jim, and a white woman, Julia, after a comet hits New York City and kills everyone except them. In Aye and Gomorrah, Samuel R. Delany characterizes the relationship between sexless Spacers and people with other sexualities ... different than her own. The idea that people of another race are unknowable is predictive of a racist mentality. It is clear from this statement that racism arbitrarily c...

• Word Count: 2007
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate