RACIAL DISCRIMINATION INTONI MORRISON'S THE BLUEST EYE

The development of the Afro-American Novel is essentially a social and human document, which deals with humanity and its social milieu. The Afro-American writers try to give their social group and community, by using innovative techniques and strategies such as irony, metaphor, language and words, with a view to communicating with the members of their group, they create an enhanced consciousness among the readers of their community. Toni Morrison told herself that she was writing the novel, The Bluest Eye which was an expansion of her earlier story about a little black girl who dreamed of blue eyes, only for herself. She told herself that she did not really care if it was published or not. But when she finally finished the manuscript, she had to admit great disappointment when publisher after publisher turned it down. Finally, it was accepted by Rinehart, and Winston, who published with the title The Bluest Eye in 1970