Greg Adams Character Analysis in The Hate Race

Greg Adams is a racist bully at Maxine’s high school. Unlike Carlita, whose racist bullying is largely confined to insulting Maxine’s skin, Greg’s bullying is comprehensive and vicious, born from white supremacist ideology that advocates for the extermination of Australians of color. Greg doesn’t just harass Maxine, but all people of color at the school, including teachers of color. Although Greg’s abhorrent behavior wears Maxine down emotionally, the teachers at school do little to intervene, leaving Greg free to continue his reign of terror throughout the school until he leaves in the upper years.

Greg Adams Character Timeline in The Hate Race

The timeline below shows where the character Greg Adams appears in The Hate Race. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...it’s good—although it was their ancestors that did it, not them—but a racist bully named Greg Adams says that it wasn’t good, and that white Australians should have wiped out all... (full context)

Maxine describes Greg Adams’s unrelenting racism and how he torments all people of color, whether student or teacher,... (full context)

...seriously, and Maxine never goes back. Maxine’s scratching causes lesions on her face, resulting in Greg accusing her of having AIDS. (full context)