Othello

Iago Act 2, scene 3

How does Iago's scene in act 2, scene 3 "and what's he then that says I play the villian?...I'll pour the pestilience into his ear" depict racism?

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I think the racism comes from the repeated use of "Moor" and Iago's repeated reference to Othello as the Devil.

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