Racism in "The Bluest Eye"

page 132
[Soaphead Church] had been reared in a family proud of its academic accomplishments and its mixed blood--in fact, they believed the former was based on the latter.

Comments:
This is one of those passages you really have to look up and read yourself in its entirety. It is very long (2 pages) and explains the family history as well as revealing how and why the family cultivated the belief they were superior because of the white blood in their family tree.

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