Othello 4

Many characters in the play Othello often attribute Othello's shortcomings to his race. In Act three, even Othello himself blames his skin color for his inferiority. Othello states, "I'd whistle her off and let her down the wind To prey at fortune. Haply, for I am black And have not those soft parts of conversation" (III.iii.303-305). Othello's excuse for  his poor people-skills is him being black. He blames his race on not being able to  fix his relationship with his wife; because he is black, he would abandon Desdemona as apposed to attempting to fix his problems.