Facets of Racism: Internalized Racism and Intra- Racial Racism in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child

Abstract

Toni Morrison’s novel God Help the Child is a realistic portrayal of racism and its effect on the psyche of African Americans. Through the characters of Sweetness and Bride Morrison highlights the racism in contemporary America. The present paper is an attempt to explore the delineation of race in the Novel. The paper will highlight how its characters suffer from internalized racism and how it leaves an indelible mark on their lives. The African American women’s marginalization will also be examined in the paper. Sweetness and Bride both suffer from racism. Bride because of her tar black colour and Sweetness because of the internalization of inferiority complex.