THE BLUEST EYE: AN EXPOSITION OF RACIAL, GENDER AND COMMUNAL DISCRIMINATION IN AFRO-AMERICAN BLACK WOMAN

2015 
There is no need to introduce Toni Morrison, she has world fame. Her worksand accomplishments are an introduction in itself. She is a path-breaking AfroAmerican creative artist. Her writing engages a wide variety of readers in compelling themes that turns around community, racial discrepancy, sexual harassment, love,equality, incest etc. She is the voice of downtrodden Black woman. She does not takeissues and themes from all over the world, but she writes on the crucial issues of herpeople and has universalized them. She insists to re-write the history, re- assess theculture and erase the stereotypes of racism, sexism and patriarchy. Hernovel The Bluest Eye, voices the problems of racial, gender, and communal differences in Afro-American society from different angles. There are inter and intra-discrepancies,fascination for White Aesthetics of beauty as well as White economy of life.Morrison has shown that Black women are victims of triple jeopardy, adolescent child abuse and incestuous relationship.
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