Racial Discrimination towards Black Characters in Naidoo’s Journey to Jo’burg

Authors

  • Swaztica Estha Serviam Universitas Pamulang

Keywords:

discrimination, individual, institutional, structural, black characters

Abstract

This study aims at analyzing the issue of racial discrimination in the children’s book focused on the representation of racial discrimination. The object of this study is Journey To Jo’burg by Beverley Naidoo (2016). To analyze this study, the writer used the types of racial discrimination theory from Fred L Pincus (1994). This study applied a qualitative research method. The writer focuses on black characters who become a victim of racial discrimination. There are three things that can be concluded. The first, there are three types of discrimination that happen in the story of the book, there are individual discrimination, institutional discrimination, and structural discrimination. The second, the effect of discrimination are the social class differences. The third, racial discrimination occurs when there is a desire to control all things for personal and group benefits that apply discrimination against other person or groups who are harmed.

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2024-10-13

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2024): Paradigma Lingua: Jurnal Penelitian Bahasa dan Sastra

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