A multi-narrative story about the Breedloves, with Pecola Breedlove as the main protagonist. A family characterized for lacking pulchritude, violence and being poverty stricken. Matters are made dire when little Pecola is raped and impregnated, by her drunkard father Cholly. Desperate for an ounce of respite in her miserable life, the abused girl wishes for a pair of blue eyes. Slavery is over, but systemic racism remains alive and well through Jim Crow laws and more. Ensuring African Americans maintain an inferior, low quality life, while whites are put on pedestals of beauty and wealth through unfair advantages. Of course she believes being white adjacent will make her life better, at the time it would. A belief cemented by her mother Pauline, a maid for a well to do family.
Beautifully written, engaging and thought provoking, Toni Morrison deserves all the praise. Themes of incest, rape, racism, violence, pedophilia, religion and addiction keeps this on the banned books list. A satirized depiction pertaining to the generational effects of slavery, on the black diaspora in America. More importantly how vitriolic whites want their victims to live, dehumanizing us to justify their savagery and laziness. A must read, apt during pedophile and racist rapist Donald Trump’s Israeli led administration. Solidifying beauty is power through Pecola’s desire and the treatment of Maureen Peal in contrast (read AI Architects Want Pretty People Privilege). This book is timeless, giving me a clarity that’s left my soul detoxed, wrung out to dry, cleansed. Via: Target
