Essays on Pecola Breedlove

Dark-skinned African-American women carry a heavy burden when it comes to racial acceptance and they endure interracial and intraracial racism, which leads to problems with self-esteem and difficulties embracing their ethnic identity. Introduction: The issue of skin color is still a big issue within the black race because in the times of slavery black people were treated differently according to their skin color. The roots of this kind of bigotry run deep throughout the country. African Americans see colorism all…

In Toni Morrison’s historical fiction novel, The Bluest Eye, the internalization of Eurocentric standards of beauty and how they damage the lives of African American girls and women are closely depicted. Through her carefully crafted chapters, Morrison also illustrates the effect a discriminatory social system can have on a race of people and how it may wear down their minds and souls often inclining them to hate their culture, heritage, and even their own appearances. I believe that The Bluest…