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Bella's father gets along well with the Quileutes--Jacob's father seems to be one of his best friends, and I think he ultimately marries Leah's mother. That doesn't mean he's not racist, but I've never seen him called by spokers on showing any racist behaviour. But he's a tad sexist in that he expects Bella to do all the housework, pretends to be concerned about Bella's virginity and controlling her until she passes into Edward's hands, and laughs off Bella trying to fight off Jacob's sexual assault.
As for Bella's mother, she's described as more willing to take risks--Bella seems to have been isolated at home with her, while she goes out and meets baseball players and works in different schools as a substitute teacher. So I'm not sure I blame Bella's racism and sexism directly on her upbringing--more on her isolation, indirectly the fault of her parents. She claims to enjoy reading nineteenth-century novels and Shakespeare, although she doesn't understand any of said reading material very well at all; wanting an earlier, "simpler" time (even though former times are not actually simple) goes with her prejudices and ultimate desire to die and be frozen in time rather than move along with the rest of the world.
I rather wish I didn't know this much about Twilight--apparently I enjoy reading insightful analyses like this too much. :)
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Bella's father gets along well with the Quileutes--Jacob's father seems to be one of his best friends, and I think he ultimately marries Leah's mother. That doesn't mean he's not racist, but I've never seen him called by spokers on showing any racist behaviour. But he's a tad sexist in that he expects Bella to do all the housework, pretends to be concerned about Bella's virginity and controlling her until she passes into Edward's hands, and laughs off Bella trying to fight off Jacob's sexual assault.
As for Bella's mother, she's described as more willing to take risks--Bella seems to have been isolated at home with her, while she goes out and meets baseball players and works in different schools as a substitute teacher. So I'm not sure I blame Bella's racism and sexism directly on her upbringing--more on her isolation, indirectly the fault of her parents. She claims to enjoy reading nineteenth-century novels and Shakespeare, although she doesn't understand any of said reading material very well at all; wanting an earlier, "simpler" time (even though former times are not actually simple) goes with her prejudices and ultimate desire to die and be frozen in time rather than move along with the rest of the world.
I rather wish I didn't know this much about Twilight--apparently I enjoy reading insightful analyses like this too much. :)