The Bluest Eye Racism

The Bluest Eye written by Toni Morrison in 1970, consists of multiple interlocking stories, denoting a most powerful being, Cholly Breedlove, Pecola’s father. Cholly Breedlove is a man who has suffered through abhorrent bearings, degradation, condescension, abuse, and isolation. Isolated in a society defined by racism, economic inequality, and fanaticism, he was not only shunned but was considered barbarous. Left desolated by racism and violence, he spiraled into madness and violence. His daughter Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl growing up in the town of Lorain, Ohio, similarly, was born into a society characterized by racism. The book depicts the protagonist’s struggle through heinous ordeals such as incest, domestic violence and child

He was an african american boy, subservient to a white population, corrupted by cruelty subsequent to his complete destruction. In the middle of losing his virginity, he felt that,” They were big, white, armed men. He was small, black, helpless.” Cholly lacked social learning within his african american family unit and was further emasculated through the racial boundaries as called “ ,Colored people were neat and quiet; niggers were dirty and loud.” Due to past issues, such as personal identity and relationships, the culmination and abundance of personal struggles lead to his slow degradation and inability to retrieve his humanity and find fulfillment. Cholly had no role model to look up to and feel the continuous safety and unconditional love and care of family members. In his experience, a parent is to abuse and to abandon since he is subsequently abandoned by his loved ones. He was physically and psychologically isolated from society and lacked social learning in life. He is not a proper husband to Pauline or a good father to his kids, inflicting all his pain on them. He furiously fights with his wife and his children, constantly neglects his family for his personal life, and doesn't even provide the most basic necessities for survival to support them. He is the contemptible absentee parent, exiled in his own household and within his community abominated by everyone. Cholly was fostered in a community in which being white was essentially considered superior to being black. Since childhood, he was meant to humbly bow down to the white race so he describes himself as a “free man” and thus neglecting everyone around him including his family. Not only is he an abominable father, he abuses his wife, Pauline as well as his kids, particularly Pecola. In his discombobulated state of accumulated love, anger and