Although this story seems to represent a case of domination and slavery of another race, the author mentions in the afterword that it wasn't meant to. However, I think that was her goal. Although we have equal rights in our society and everyone is supposedly equal to one another, there is still racial tensions and injustices that occur. Many people do not agree with that today, and if you used a realistic narrative people wouldn't either understand or believe what the author was saying. By putting it in a science fiction form people may become more aware and understand what injustice really is.
If people were able to realize that these social injustices still exist in our society today and understand what our ancestors did to others we may be more willing to change our behavior and our beliefs. This is literary piece is very similar to almost all of the other stories we have read thus far. It discusses instances of social injustices and outcasts although in this piece the humans are the ones that who are being exploited. (Shawn Parkhurst, 14)
You make some great observations on the connections between "Bloodchild" and our society at present. I think you are correct in stating that readers might be more willing to discuss issues of injustice through a fictional alien world that we can then compare to our own than through a more realistic discussion. Looking at our world through this fictional alien world seems to make it easier to get the conversation started. "Bloodchild" represents a way of discussing issues of social injustice in a manner that is less "serious" or "heavy."
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