The hit HBO series, "True Blood," is a fantasy drama about vampires and their ambitions to integrate themselves into "regular" society. Set in Bon Temps, Louisiana, a barmaid named Sookie Stackhouse has grown up with the gift and curse of being able to hear the thoughts of others. Now in her mid-20's, she has learned to cope with her ability, but her world is once again thrown into flux when a charming two-hundred year old vampire named Bill Compton decides to visit her workplace. I am choosing to write about "True Blood" in regard to a theme of social inequalities in the form of racism.
Set in a reality very similar to ours, "True Blood" is about the revelation of the factual existence of vampires. In this series, they have come out of hiding and now openly tell others that they are indeed vampires that we have all read about – blood sucking, cold skinned, hypnotizing, immortal vampires. With their outing has come a whole slew of racism and devout religion enthusiasts who openly claim these vampires to be "hell spawn" or "evil demons." Throughout the series, there has been bigotry and racism coming from both the humans and the vampires against one another. Humans are generally afraid of the vampires, and will avoid contact with them; immediately branding every person with fangs to be a murderer and rapist. To me this says that the perception these people have on vampires is prominently based upon what they have seen and read about in the media. Save for the recent "Twilight" trend going on recently, vampires generally have been portrayed as vicious creatures that seduce innocents and violently drain blood from their necks. .
Vampires, on the other hand, generally see themselves on a higher plane than humans, sometimes even referring to them as if they were cattle just waiting to be harvested for sustenance.
