Question

How does the novel depict the concept of racial identity?

• A. It emphasizes the superiority of white beauty
• B. It explores the destructive effects of internalized racism
• C. It presents all races as equal
• D. It encourages interracial unity

Answer 1

Answer:

B. It explores the destructive effects of internalized racism

Characters like Pecola, Pauline, and Maureen reflect internalized racial hierarchies, believing that whiteness is beauty and Blackness is inferiority, which leads to self-hatred and fragmentation.