Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: The research is an analysis of Duncan Tonatiuh’s picture book entitled Separate is Never Equal (2014), which focuses on the representation of racism in the picture book. The research analyze the form of racism in the picture book depicted by the characters and the illustrations. This research used descriptive qualitative method and textual analysis that employed the types of racism by Jones (1997). It is found that there are three types of racism: individual racism, institutional racism, and cultural racism, are depicted in the picture book. The representation of racism is shown in the form of white as superior towards non-white as inferior. The non-whites in the picture book are represented as an inferior race and their social status is lower than whites. The findings of this study, therefore, signify the importance of children literature, more specifically picture books, as medium to raise awareness of racism more effectively. \n \nKeywords: cultural racism, individual racism, institutional racism, picture book, racism
Author: Tami Dwi Riyani
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3104372763