Hey, I suppose there are racist stereotypes in Jim, especially now. I think, as with most literary works, we must keep this in context. Twain's stereotypical depiction of Jim originates from traditions of his time: “Writing at a time when the blackfaced minstrel was still popular, and shortly after a war which left even the abolitionists weary of those problems associated with the Negro, Twain fitted Jim into the outlines of the minstrel tradition . . . ” Twain wrote this book in 1884 only fourteen years after Blacks were granted citizenship. Whites still looked upon Blacks as sub-human. The pain of the Civil-War was still raw. So yes, Jim is full of racial stereotypes but for the time I think his character was rather progressive. Jim has the only functional family in the book. He misses his wife and kids terribly. Jim has a sense of the natural world, like on Jackson's Island that Huck does not have. Jim also shows a sense of friendship and loyalty not really scene amongst the white characters.