Morrison makes strong social statements about race, beauty, and abandonment in our society through the sad, sometimes exaggerated story of Pecola Breedlove. ... It is very easy for one to make the argument that Morrison is making social commentary on the injustice white Americans have caused black people (i.e. forcing blacks to deny their natural beauty in order to placate white expectation.) ... Morrison however details repeatedly in the novel how these exact social categories: Black females and children are the aggressors of the stereotypes, prejudice, and racial self-loathing. ... These ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Open racism is currently almost nonexistent and steadily declining, because it is considered politically incorrect and socially unacceptable. ... "I feel that the vast majority of black folks who are subjected daily to forms of racial harassment have accepted this as one of the social conditions of our life in white supremacist." (104) Personally, I think that this is kind of sad. ... With constant exposure to these images, it is no surprise that we have seen many instances of young black men attempting to emulate these images through overt behaviors such as drug use, domestic violence, and cr...

• Word Count: 1453
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School