http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).17
10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).17
Published : Jun 2023
Racism and Injustice: A Study of Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (2018) Under Critical Race Theory
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (2018) masterfully examines American racial injustice, particularly towards Black people. Short stories in the book examine present racial discrimination and injustice. This study analyses Friday Black (2018) short stories for racial injustice using Delgado and Jean's Critical Race Theory (2001). The study seeks to investigate racial prejudice and its effects on black individuals. The textual analysis describes the chosen writing. The proceeding, vocabulary, and tone show racial discrimination and unfairness. The study found that black individuals are degraded and marginalized in individual, social, and legal actions. Cultural, individual, and social racism creates mistrust in people, institutions, and social values and structures through tone, materials, stereotyped depictions, and underestimating of black people.
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Racism, Injustice, Discrimination.
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(1) Ayesha Sajid Durrani
Lecturer, English, Government Sadiq College Women University, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Rizwan Mustafa
Visiting Lecturer, University of Narowal, Narowal, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Rimsha Sameen
M.Phil., English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Durrani, A. S., Mustafa, R., & Sameen, R. (2023). Racism and Injustice: A Study of Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (2018) Under Critical Race Theory. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII(II), 177-190 . https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).17
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CHICAGO : Durrani, Ayesha Sajid, Rizwan Mustafa, and Rimsha Sameen. 2023. "Racism and Injustice: A Study of Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (2018) Under Critical Race Theory." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (II): 177-190 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).17
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HARVARD : DURRANI, A. S., MUSTAFA, R. & SAMEEN, R. 2023. Racism and Injustice: A Study of Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (2018) Under Critical Race Theory. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII, 177-190 .
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MHRA : Durrani, Ayesha Sajid, Rizwan Mustafa, and Rimsha Sameen. 2023. "Racism and Injustice: A Study of Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (2018) Under Critical Race Theory." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII: 177-190
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MLA : Durrani, Ayesha Sajid, Rizwan Mustafa, and Rimsha Sameen. "Racism and Injustice: A Study of Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (2018) Under Critical Race Theory." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII.II (2023): 177-190 Print.
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OXFORD : Durrani, Ayesha Sajid, Mustafa, Rizwan, and Sameen, Rimsha (2023), "Racism and Injustice: A Study of Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (2018) Under Critical Race Theory", Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (II), 177-190
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TURABIAN : Durrani, Ayesha Sajid, Rizwan Mustafa, and Rimsha Sameen. "Racism and Injustice: A Study of Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (2018) Under Critical Race Theory." Global Educational Studies Review VIII, no. II (2023): 177-190 . https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).17