Deciding whether or not Faulkner was racially prejudice based on his writings is quite difficult. In his short stories, he uses derogatory slang in reference to blacks, and he portrays all blacks as superstitious, irrational, and less-than-educated. It would seem that Faulkner is obviously racist because he portrays all blacks this way and uses the “N” word freely, but at the same time, that was just the way they talked back then. I don’t know that you can read a few of Faulkner’s stories, as we have, and conclude that he is racist. I do think he’s racist, but not of his own volition. I think he’s racist because his parents taught him to be and because all white people in the south were.