Racial passing is a way for certain minorities to move socially into the white superior racial group in the United States. Since the very first slaves that were brought to the Americas around 1600s, racial ideology began to emerged and forever divided people of color versus white people. This division, causes society to constantly associate white people as a prime example of excellency regarding their lifestyle and even as simple to as the way they look. Thus, causing the idea that if one just became “white” they will obtain the respect and admiration that white people have always been getting. This is not to say that racial passing only happens with people of color becoming white, it can also happen with any individual wanting to become another
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In The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, Pauline Breedlove is constantly reminded about these traits differences between whites and black because she was hugely influenced by both racial communities. In her life, being with the white Fisher family gave her the power a black women in the lower socio economic standing will never be able to obtain Individually but other black women in her community finds that power through other methods such as having this makeover that relates a lot to the idea of social passing. For instance, Pauline Breedlove constantly feels, “uncomfortable with the few black women she met. They were amused by her because she did not strengthen her hair. When she tried to make up her face as they did, it came off rather badly. Their goading glances and private snickers of her way of talking (saying “chi’rens and dressing developed in her desire for new clothes”(). It is common that black women and even some men during that time unnaturally straighten their hair just to look more white. People believe that even the simplest act of changing the way their hair looks will help them move up in society ranking because it's getting closer to what a white person's hair look like. Therefore, causing the ideology of white superiority to continue to gain
In The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, Pauline Breedlove is constantly reminded about these traits differences between whites and black because she was hugely influenced by both racial communities. In her life, being with the white Fisher family gave her the power a black women in the lower socio economic standing will never be able to obtain Individually but other black women in her community finds that power through other methods such as having this makeover that relates a lot to the idea of social passing. For instance, Pauline Breedlove constantly feels, “uncomfortable with the few black women she met. They were amused by her because she did not strengthen her hair. When she tried to make up her face as they did, it came off rather badly. Their goading glances and private snickers of her way of talking (saying “chi’rens and dressing developed in her desire for new clothes”(). It is common that black women and even some men during that time unnaturally straighten their hair just to look more white. People believe that even the simplest act of changing the way their hair looks will help them move up in society ranking because it's getting closer to what a white person's hair look like. Therefore, causing the ideology of white superiority to continue to gain