RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN TA-NEHISI COATES’S BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME
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00000055/SKR
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ANGGER CAHYA ARDINANG
Penerbit
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FAKULTAS ILMU BUDAYA, SURABAYA, 2023
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Synopsis
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This thesis is about racial discrimination in Ta-Nehesi Coates’s Between the
World and Me. The objective of this thesis is to describe the types and effects of
racial discrimination experienced by Ta-Nehesi Coates’s and black people in the
novel. Descriptive qualitative method is used as the research method. This thesis
uses an extrinsic approach to discusses the text in the novel which is connected
to sociological theory. To analyze racial discrimination, the writer uses Fred L.
Pincus theory. There are two types of racial discrimination that occur, namely
individual and institutional discrimination. Individual discrimination includes
racial prejudice and acts of violence, while institutional discrimination occurs in
the fields of education and law. Meanwhile, there are two types of impact on TaNehesi Coates’s and black people as victims of racial discrimination. The first is
the impact on mental health, Coates feels fear, anger and anxiety. The second is
the impact on physical health, in the novel it is only mentioned that the racial
discrimination experience by Coates resulted in dizziness and vertigo. In the
novel, it is found that individual and institutional forms of racial discrimination
can have an impact on mental and physical health.