How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Should we distrust the man because his manners are not our manners, and that his skin is dark?" coldly asked Cora. (2.12)
Cora is the least prejudiced character in the novel. Go Cora. But she basically outlines what every other character is thinking: that yes, you should distrust men whose manners are different (read: different cultures) and whose skin is dark.
Quote #2
"A Huron!" repeated the sturdy scout, once more shaking his head in open distrust; "they are a thievish race, nor do I care by whom they are adopted; you can never make anything of them but skulls and vagabonds." (4.14)
Hawkeye very clearly despises Huron Indians. He says they are nothing more than a "thievish race" of "vagabonds." Ouch.
Quote #3
"And I tell you that he who is born a Mingo will die a Mingo," returned the other positively. "A Mohawk! No, give me a Delaware or a Mohican for honesty; and when they will fight, which they won't all do, having suffered their cunning enemies, the Maquas, to make them women—but when they will fight at all, look to a Delaware, or a Mohican, for a warrior!" (4.16)
Hawkeye likes and appreciates Delaware and Mohican Indians. What is the effect of this kind of prejudice?