An analysis of racial discrimination towards uncle Tom in uncle Tom’s cabin’s novel

Discrimination can have devastating effect. Racial discrimination occurs because the white race feels more dominant and superior than the black race. As result, the Negro or black race lives under the dominance of whites. They live in poverty, slavery, human trafficking, and physical abuse. Many black race members struggled to live under poverty and torture. There were no laws governing black rights at the time so that the dominance of whites and their treatment of black people could not be stopped. In this connection, researchers are interested in raising topics related to racial discrimination in Harriet Becheer Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's cabin. The researcher analyzes three problems, namely the way the novel illustrates discrimination and the causes and effects of racial discrimination that are told. This thesis uses descriptive qualitative research method. Data taken from quotations in the novel and linked to racial theory and racism of Les Back and John Solomos are then used as evidence for analysis. The results of this study are that the causes of racial discrimination presented in the novel are slavery and human identity. Human identity refers to racial identity. While the impact of racial discrimination in the form of human trafficking, family separation, physical torture, and rebellion.
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