EUFONI: Journal of Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021): EUFONI: Journal of Language, Literary and Cultural Studies

DEBUNKING BLACK STEREOTYPES THROUGH GRAY MATTER PLAY SCRIPT BY JEANETTE D. FARR




Article Info

Publish Date
22 Jan 2022

Abstract

Black stereotypes have emerged over centuries in The United States of America. A long history of slavery and injustice practices have constructed some images of those who are born black in that country. This study focuses on debunking black stereotypes in the play script entitled Gray Matter by Jeanette D. Farr. The qualitative approach is used in the discussion of this study; the main character‘s dialogues are analysed by using Judd and Park (1993) theory about stereotypes and Franzoi (2009) social psychology theory. The results of this study showed black   stereotypes   practices   towards   Afro-American including: ‘black man is criminal‘, ‘black is dirty‘, and ‘black comes from lower society‘. Eventually, the interpersonal relationship between the two characters is deepened and resulted on the debunking of all the stereotypes upon Russell.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

EFN

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

EUFONI: Journal of Language, Literary and Cultural Studies is a scholarly journal published by English Department of Pamulang University. It is founded in 2017, with registered number ISSN: 2597-9663 (print) and 3048-4448 (Online). EUFONI has commitment to exchange and share ideas as well as ...