The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison discusses about the life of an African American women in the early periods of the twentieth century, who were greatly influenced by the standards of beauty at that period. According to Olson (54), these women lived in a society which was full of prejudice and many other forms of injustices, and the females suffered from both sexism and racism. It is noted that the black women were treated based on the colour of their skin and eyes, instead of being judged based on their intentions and deeds. Toni Morrison deeply explores how the blacks suffered from racism and explain the impact the racist’s view of beauty in relation to the whiteness on the construction of one’s identity and self-hatred. The main character...
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