Self-Hate in The Bluest Eye

"It was as though some mysterious knowing master had given each one a cloak of ugliness to wear, and they had each accepted it without question" (Morrison 39). Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eye depicts the disastrous affects that racism had on African Americans during the mid nineteen hundreds. During this terrible period, blacks were treated unfairly, and most were unable to resist their oppression. This oppression in many cases leads to self-hatred. The blacks felt …

…fight the oppression that Pecola faces on her own. People must act as a team to succeed. Love is the key to survival, and that is why it is God's Greatest Commandment. Pecola can not handle the racism that she faces, and eventually goes insane. With love, she might have been able to live the life that Claudia does. She might have been able to resist the appalling discrimination, and fight to change the world.