In Dear Martin, the author Nic Stone gives a great deal of attention towards real day racism in the United States and how it targets African Americans. This is shown throughout the book many times when Justyce first got arrested, as well as, the murders that occurred with innocent black males, which later led to the suspense of Justice’s injury and death of his best friend Manny. Most importantly the author’s message is how racial equality in the U.S is getting off its initial course of action.

These claims of racism can be backed up in the sheer beginning of the book (Stone 6-9). When Justyce was helping Melo after she was obviously drunk and in no condition to drive. Unfortunately, a police cruiser came into the scene and arrested the main character for charges of assault and robbery. This becomes unprofessional when police officer Castillo aggressively shouts and curses false accusations at Justyce when he was only trying to explain the situation. This scene in the book is later revived inside of Justyce's head many times over which leaves a scar that bothers him throughout the book, that makes himself question the current status of racial equality.

With the help of the book's characters, Nic Stone was able to envelope rich dialogue inside of Dear Martin. The characters are seen defining their own view of racism in society, this can be seen (Stone 21-29) when Doc (the Teacher of the class) starts a conversation with his students about racism in the country. Most believe that everybody is equal and that equal rights are being enforced, however, few disagree, they state that many unjust arrests have been taking place similar to Justyce’s for example and in worst cases even Manny’s death.

The main conflict that impacts our main character begins in (Stone 118-120) this starts a colossal internal and external conflict upon Justyce. It started as a simple disagreement between loud music, nevertheless, when police officer David Tisson yelled a racist comment, Manny decided to stand up for himself and defend his rights. This triggered Tison to shoot Manny and Justyce. As the book progresses the reader is still shown with these minor cases that don't seem to stop, and only keep adding salt to the wound.

The acts shown in paragraphs 1-3 clearly state how racism affects African Americans. The after effect that Justyce experienced after his arrest gave the reader a certain mindset that allowed them to accept what the book had in store for them. This is proved with the murders of innocent black men such as Manny and with the discussion the class had in (Stone 21-29). Nic Stone purposely makes the book a fast pace and straight to the point read, thus the readers can reflect and dig deeper into the main story, which effectively makes them reason and notice that racism is a problem in the United States and all around the world, no matter how much it’s denied.