“No one is born hating another person because of the color of their skin, their origins or their religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can learn to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite” – Nelson Mandela. In the novel The Queen of Palmyra by Minrose Gwin, racial discrimination is a major problem in the small town of Millwood, Mississippi. Florence Forrest is a young white girl who witnesses the brutality of her times and the horrific acts of racism that visited her community and family. In a town overrun by white supremacists, Eva Johnson is a naive outsider determined to make a living whether she's welcome or not. Eva Johnson's journey comes to an unfortunate end as Winburn 'Win' Forrest's lack of morality and respect is ultimately the cause of her death. Through the characters of Florence, Eva and Win Forrest, we discover the cultural influences of their time and how racial discrimination plays a major role in shaping our morals. Until the mid-1960s, racial discrimination and segregation were a serious problem around the world. the southern United States, particularly in the closed towns of Mississippi. Although each state handled the "problem" differently, the idea was simple: good white Christians were and always will be better than their African American counterparts and should be segregated as such. In the years before the civil rights movement of 1961, Americans were raised on the idea of ​​segregation: a theory that fueled discrimination and blatant hatred toward citizens of African-American descent, even s They were born in America. In 1961, Jean. F. Kennedy promised to definitively end racial discrimination, putting good citizenship in the middle of paper...... were unavoidable. Eva's courage in the face of death shows how her lifelong struggle against discrimination fueled her strong sense of right and wrong. As Eva experiences personal struggles with racism, she proves that even in the most horrific situations, the strongest morality can be achieved. Although racism is considered a dangerous contemporary issue across the world, it offers the opportunity to make or break your morality. and the code of ethics. Throughout Minrose Gwin's novel The Queen of Palmyra, Florence Forrest, Win Forrest, and Eva Johnson confront the cultural problem of racism and prove that discrimination has the ability to bring out the best or the worst in people, and it does reflected in their morals. “Judging someone by the color of their skin is ignorance. Their complexion has nothing to do with their morality, beliefs or intelligence..”