Does the color of our skin reflect who we are? Does it change the way people see us and our character? Yes it does, if you are black you are seen as predator someone searching for trouble,if you are white you 're seen as someone who judges blacks based on the color of their skin and not the contents of their character.Many believe that now living in the time period of the 2000’s that racism is over, but it 's not over. When we are judged we feel hurt, but we feel more hurt when someone the same skin tone as us judges us. When we first see people. The first thing we notice about them is their skin color and appearance, and we begin to judge them off of that. No matter if it’s friends or family to judge is unacceptable. Toni Morrison the bluest eye teaches us that society image of beauty can be dangerous. …show more content…
For her dark skin curly hair and brown eyes that set her apart. She is not the only girl who is judged in the book.The community in which they live idolizes Shirley Temple. A white doll also a human being. In order to be beautiful you have to be white with blue eyes and curly hair to sum it up you have to look just like Shirley Temple.The narrator describes how Peacola wish is to gain blue eyes:
It had begun with christmas and the gift of dolls. The big, The special, the loving gift was always a big blue-eyes Baby Doll. From the clucking sounds of adults I knew that the doll represented what was my fondest wish (page