Prejudice And Racism

Over centuries, race and racism has been trying to re-evaluate itself by its meaning, nevertheless, unfortunately and amazingly it is manmade and man-enforced phenomenon. It is defined as a learnt behavior and learnt emotions but not an acquired one. Registered as an extreme characteristic and dissimilar from one group conceived on another group, racism has been one of the brutal activities on human existence. A neo slave narrative The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is an extraordinary piece that brings the predicament of Blacks related to race in African American culture. Pecola Breedlove, the protagonist of the novel might be the victim of racism, but while reading through the novel, paradoxically, it is every black woman appears before the
may be defined as all of the learned behavior and learned emotions on the part of a group of people towards another group whose physical characteristics are dissimilar to the formal group; behavior and emotions that compel one group to conceive of and to treat the other on the basis of its physical characteristics alone, as if it did not belong to the human race.” The above quotation gives adequate reasons to perceive the humiliation that Race has been plundering on human existence but there are every chances of eradicating the evil act. It is far from description, existing by being a Block in a White culture that symbolizes human dissolution and their survival in itself. They are treated as aliens in a foreign land, ashamed by alien values. They are the terminators from the society and titled as “the other” being devoid from the original norms of the society.
Discussion
Completely rejected by the whites, Blacks are the disintegrated section of the place. Whites are considered to be the epitome of good, truth and beautiful and Blacks are of bad, false and ugly. Blacks are the victims of freedom of expression and dignity. African Americans should be away from white citizens and found themselves discriminated against all fronts of economic, religious, educational, political and
Morrison, through her Novel, left no chance of bringing the black predicaments in to spotlight as a talented African American Writer and social critic. In the present context, it is all about color that had an ugly impact on African Americans, especially on Pecola Breedlove, the protagonist in the novel for discussion. The significance of the novel goes beyond its worth as a work of literature, because it narrates not just the mellow drama but it reiterates explicitly the adventures of the Blacks to establish themselves and their community from being apartheid from Whites because of race, provided they are no way inferior to anyone else, through her heroes and heroines. The little black girl thinks that if she could live up to the image of the blue eyed Shirley Temple, she will surely have that perfect life. Pecola is a young black girl who desperately wants to have Blue Eyes, because she feels that blue eyes are the symbol of beauty and the blue eyed ladies in the African American society are loved by everyone. Pecola also wants to be loved by someone as just as Shirley Temple who has blue