In Of Mice and Men, what does the language used by Candy to describe the stable buck tell us about the relationship between blacks and whites?

Clearly, referring to somebody as a "nigger" as Candy does
is a very offensive term that says a lot about the state of racism in the times that
this novel was set. However, for me, to really answer this question you will want to
read and analyse chapter 4 of the novel, which gives us a thorough description of
Crooks' room and possessions. When Lennie enters, Crooks is very abrupt and abrasive,
telling him that he has no right to come into his room. He
says:

"I ain't
wanted in the bunk house, and you ain't wanted in my
room."

When Lennie asks him
why, he states the two reasons he feels why he is not accepted by the others on the
ranch:

"'Cause
I'm black. They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black. They say I
stink."

Thus Crooks is
excluded because of racism - the colour of his skin. This means, like other characters,
he does not have a place to belong or to call home, contributing to belonging and
loneliness as key themes of the novel, but also adding a unique element because of the
racism that, it could be argued, doubly disempowers him.