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Lililacs Journal
Published by Universitas Negeri Jakarta
ISSN : -     EISSN : 28078845     DOI : https://doi.org/10.21009/lililacs.031
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Lililacs Journal: English Literature, Language and Cultural Studies (LILILACS) is a biannual (January and July) journal published by English Literature Study Programme, Universitas Negeri Jakarta. LILILACS accepts original manuscripts in the discipline of English Literature, Linguistics, Translation and Cultural Studies including research papers, critical literature reviews and academic essays. LILILACS invites article submissions for researchers, lecturers, students, and community partners through peer-reviewed process.
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Structural racism and its psychological and social consequences in Richard Wright’s Native Son Eka Nurcahyani
Lililacs Journal: English Literature, Language, and Cultural Studies Journal Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): Lililacs Journal
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat, Universitas Negeri Jakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21009/lililacs.052.01

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This study examines the representation of structural racism and its psychological and social consequences in Richard Wright’s Native Son (1940) through the lens of African American literary criticism. An interdisciplinary framework integrating historical, socio-cultural, political, economic, and psychological perspectives situates the novel within the context of the Great Depression and the Great Migration. Instead of treating racism as a background condition, this study conceptualizes it as a structural system that operates through institutions such as housing, education, employment, and the legal system while simultaneously shaping individual consciousness and social behavior. The analysis demonstrates how racial segregation, economic deprivation, and social exclusion constrain individual agency and contribute to feelings of inferiority, hopelessness, alienation, and criminalized resistance, as embodied by the protagonist, Bigger Thomas. The study argues that Wright’s novel exposes racism as a structural force that deforms both personal identity and social relations, challenging dominant narratives of individual responsibility and moral failure.

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