THE SIN OF BEING BLACK

This book examines – from a range of conceptual vantage points – representations of intra-racial discrimination among Blacks from the Harlem Renaissance period to the present. Through the study of various literary texts by some African American writers: Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, God Help the Child and Home, Wallace Thurman’s The Blacker the Berry, Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, George Schuyler’s Black No More , Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, Sapphire’s Push, Wallace Thurman’s The Blacker the Berry, and some African writers: Ayi Kwei Armah, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, Ama Ata Aidoo’s Our Sister Killjoy, the book delineates specific ways that blacks can cultivate a sense of community and celebrate the beauty of their heritage. From an African perspective, the book critically discusses issues of racism within American society. It suggests ways in which the decolonization of the mind of Blacks could contribute to the development of individuals and the society at large.