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What does Geraldine’s treatment of Pecola reveal about internalized racism?

AGeraldine fears Pecola will destroy her home.

BGeraldine wants to adopt Pecola but cannot.

CGeraldine sees Pecola as a threat to her social class.

DGeraldine despises Pecola as a symbol of black poverty and ugliness.

Answer:

D. Geraldine despises Pecola as a symbol of black poverty and ugliness.

Read Explanation:

Geraldine has rejected her own blackness in favor of middle-class whiteness. When she sees Pecola—dirty, poor, and unrefined—she sees everything she wants to deny in herself. Calling Pecola a “nasty little black bitch” is the clearest expression of internalized racism, where self-hate is projected onto others within the same racial group.


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