Morrison’s view that “the white people no matter how poor and how degraded… were nevertheless kicked into feeling they were superior to black people” is true in The Bluest Eye. There really isn’t any poor white man in the story but Maureen Peal can serve as an example to prove the statement above right. Her racist remarks were made when she was offended by Frieda and was frightened of getting into a fight. She uses her beauty against Frieda to stress the fact that she is the pretty white girl everyone loves and Frieda is the ugly black girl who is unnoticed or even hated. She says this not only to insult Frieda but also to feel proud of herself.
Not only is the statement as it is true but also the statement put in terms of blacks instead of whites. What I mean is that if the statement were to be put as “black people no matter what, me feel inferior to white people”, it would be true for The Bluest Eye as well. Pecola demonstrates this clearly because she believes blue eyes and white skin are better than what she has.
Although this interview was done for another book, A Mercy, some parts related to The Bluest Eye because it mainly talked about her ideas of things in general. I liked this interview because it gave me some background information about her ideas and how she incorporates them in her works.
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