I find the consistent main themes of the texts we have read so far to be about people not being comfortable with who they are and desiring to change that reality. In Pecola's case, "If she looked different, beautiful, maybeCholly would be different...Each night, without fail, she prayed for blue eyes." The individual who is not comfortable with who they are or does not know who they are supposed to be ends up lost ,confused, and searching for meaning in what the world around them tells them they should be.
The most disturbing thing for me to see and read and difficult to believe is the idea, which is presented in both The Bluest Eye and the Black Doll, White Doll video, that white people are still preferred over black. I don't know how black people view themselves compared to white people because I do not have enough experience around them to make that judgment. However, what I was troubled by, was the fact that, in the video, only black children are chosen to participate. I do not believe that white people have the same bias against black people that was evident in the past.
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I think you have some really great ideas! Your last idea about how we don't have the same bias against black people as we did before is really true.
ReplyDeleteI would agree that with the growth of each new generation, racism is slowly beginning to fade, but I'm not sure I'm willing to say it is gone or that "we don't have the same biases." "We" is always such a loaded term in these conversations. We like to attribute racism and prejudice to older generations, but it is still very much alive. I suppose what "we" do about it is what distinguishes "us" as a generation. Overall good thoughts here.
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