FROM BLACK TO
WHITE: A STUDY OF GEORGE SCHUYLER'S BLACK NO MORE [PDF]
N’zambi-Mikoulou Donald
DOI: http://doi.org/10.21681/IJMSIR-32265.06246-20201
Abstract: The examination of George Schuyler's
Black No More has enabled me to find out how black characters are humiliated,
mocked, punished, beaten, rejected, and victimized by their white counterparts
because of their blackness United States. The influence of the white man's
ideology restricting the right of freedom to white skin urges them to have
their dark skin bleached as a process of acceptance and integration in the
American society. Such is the case of the protagonist Max Disher, who needs to
enjoy the full fruition of the American democracy and accepts to have his dark
skin bleached by Dr. Crookman. However, this bleaching process does not meet
his demands because he experiences racial injustice from Whites, who call him "whitened
Negro”. This sorrowful experience establishes the encroachment between history
and fiction in George Schuyler's novel. However, this regard is a nightmare,
for they are always refused by their white peers, who oppress them to remember
their inferiority, despite their new appearance after discovering their true
identity. I acknowledge that Schuyler has succeeded in linking history and
fiction in his narrative by taking account of the social reality of the Blacks
in the World of White Man.
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