He states in his essay on the short story and racism that "Conrad makes it clear that Kurtz's corruption does not come from Africans but from Europe and from Kurtz himself even” (p. 371). It is clear that the savagery comes from Europe, the corruption and racism of imperialism creates the savages we see in the novel. They represent the "total savagery" (p. 6) felt and surrounding Kurtz or anyone who believed it was acceptable to go to the Congo without actually helping the natives. Although Hunt later says that "Conrad continues to place them in the category of 'savages' and 'barbarians'" (p. 371), he proves that Conrad had respect for and praised the natives. It's just that at that time, speaking with racist slurs or having racist thoughts was a social norm, so it was during the writing of the novel that that came into play. Hawkins never had the Whether he intended to say that Conrad was racist or that he believed that the natives were savages, he was proving that this era had racist social norms that could lead to this misinterpretation. Therefore, Hunt would agree that the passage on page six is ​​a clear and vague description of white people who were savages for their imperialistic, brutal, and reckless behaviors..