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Recitatif was the only published short story by Toni Morrison. It is seemingly about the development of friendship and internal growth of Twyla and Roberta, but it is at core a work closely related to racial issue. The whole story does not show us how African Americans are discriminated, or suffered in a White and male dominated society. Instead, it presents racial issue in a more subtle, psychological and ideological way. Twyla and Roberta’s racial identity are never clearly revealed. Even Maggie’s racial identity remains ambiguous. Why Tony Morrison chose to blur her characters’ racial identity? By analyzing main characters’ racial identity based on the signs and clues in the story, I will come to a conclusion that the signs and hints are society’s racialized codes and readers’ unconscious stereotype toward racial issue.
Recitatif was the only published short story by Toni Morrison. It is seemingly about the development of friendship and internal growth of Twyla and Roberta, but it is at core a work closely related to racial issue. The whole story does not show us How African Americans are discriminated, or suffered in a White and male dominated society. Instead Tony, Tony, and sufferings in a more subtle, psychological and ideological way. To blur her characters’ racial identity? By analyzing main characters’ racial identity based on the signs and clues in the story, I will come to a conclusion that the signs and hints are society’s racialized codes and readers’ unconscious stereotype toward racial issue.