Jurnal Onoma: Pendidikan, Bahasa, dan Sastra
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2023)

Racial Discrimination of White against Black in Jericho Brown and Emtithal Mahmoud’s Selected Poems

Yunis Stia Andara (Universitas Pamulang)
Yan Ardian Subhan (Universitas Pamulang)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Apr 2023

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to depict the issues of racial discrimination from white to black and their struggle and resistance against it in selected poems. The poems are taken from The Tradition (2019) by Jericho Brown and Eulogy (2018) by Emtithal Mahmoud. This study collected and analyzed data using qualitative research that explains the data into essay descriptions. This study uses a Postcolonial perspective from Loomba's theory of racial discriminations seen from contexts of identity, race, and class (2015). The results of this study indicate that in selected poems from Jericho Brown and Emtithal Mahmoud describe issues of multiple acts of racial discrimination since colonial era, being positioned in the lower economic class, and experiencing genocidal practices. In the end, the discriminated black people struggle and resist against their oppressors for equality.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

onoma

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Onoma adalah jurnal akademik yang diterbitkan pada bulan Mei dan November oleh Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia di Universitas Cokroaminoto Palopo. Jurnal ini menyajikan artikel-artikel ilmiah tentang pendidikan, bahasa dan sastra Indonesia. ...