Racism is a particular form of prejudice defined by preconceived erroneous beliefs about race and members of racial groups.” (Hoyt 225). Despite this, there is research disproving these beliefs, so why is it that we think such invalid thoughts based off of a person’s skin color alone? Well, *Origins of racism* Yes, and it starts from a young age, where adults have a heavy influence on a child’s judgment, whether it be from extreme bias from the child’s parents to possible the subtle differences in treatment of a teacher towards another student of a different skin tone. They may also have influence from within their church and community. In Recitatif, we see that the two young girls, Twyla and Roberta, become fast friends after setting aside differences. While their friendship flourished outside the influence of the adults present in their lives and in the orphanage, they get one of their first glimpses of racism as they try to introduce their mother at church on Sunday morning. The author, Toni Morrison, does not blatantly give whether either girl or their mothers were black or white or any other race, but from Roberta’s mother’s reaction, we are hinted to the racial differences between the two
Racism is a particular form of prejudice defined by preconceived erroneous beliefs about race and members of racial groups.” (Hoyt 225). Despite this, there is research disproving these beliefs, so why is it that we think such invalid thoughts based off of a person’s skin color alone? Well, *Origins of racism* Yes, and it starts from a young age, where adults have a heavy influence on a child’s judgment, whether it be from extreme bias from the child’s parents to possible the subtle differences in treatment of a teacher towards another student of a different skin tone. They may also have influence from within their church and community. In Recitatif, we see that the two young girls, Twyla and Roberta, become fast friends after setting aside differences. While their friendship flourished outside the influence of the adults present in their lives and in the orphanage, they get one of their first glimpses of racism as they try to introduce their mother at church on Sunday morning. The author, Toni Morrison, does not blatantly give whether either girl or their mothers were black or white or any other race, but from Roberta’s mother’s reaction, we are hinted to the racial differences between the two