THE IMPACTS OF BLACK AMERICANS’ BLEACHING IN GEORGE SCHUYLER’S BLACK NO MORE

Author Name: N’zambi-Mikoulou Donald

Volume/Issue: 03/03

Country: Congo

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2022-26725237/UIJIR

Affiliation:

Université Marien Ngouabi, Congo

ABSTRACT

In analyzing George Schuyler’s Black No More, I have discovered that Blacks’ bleaching for their integration and consideration by their white counterparts as full American citizens capable of enjoying the full fruition of the American democracy in the United States, has resulted not only in the disappearance of the black skin color and the economic crisis in the South of this great nation, but also in racial confusion among Americans. For, it has become difficult for them to distinguish pure-white Americans from whitened ones because of the latter’s new physical appearance. This racial confusion which has brought about the giving of birth to black and mulatto babies by white American women has finally urged pure-white Americans to burn Dr. Crookman’s bleaching sanitariums as a way to fight for the existence and the integrity of both races in the white man’s world. Consequently, Blacks’ hope for integration through the bleaching process has been a nightmare, for none of them is given credit or value by Whites after the bleaching process.

Key words: Blacks, Bleaching, Integration, Races, Disappearance, Confusion, Fight