Comments on: Banned Books Week Review: The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

By: Andrew Clarke

Andrew Clarke — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:59:46 +0000

I would have trouble reading this book for the same reason I could not finish “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” I get too sick at heart thinking about it. I deal with the feeling by writing my own novels and dealing with a situation but giving it a more hopeful ending. I wrote “Outcasts Of Skagaray” because I felt bitterly about the plight of unwanted and rejected children. If you want to get an insight into it, there are sample chapters on http://www.threeswans.com.au I would be very interested to know what you thought if you decided to read it. Whatever happens, best wishes.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:17:51 +0000

You’ve been tagged!

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By: Alyce

Alyce — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:15:46 +0000

I haven’t read this book yet. The only book of hers I have read is Song of Solomon, and that was a great book.

I grew up in a town similar to yours. We didn’t have overt racism against African Americans. There were a couple of people of African descent in my high school and I didn’t even realize until college, looking back. There was prejudice in our town again Hispanics and Fijians because of large populations locally, but it was usually the adults and not the kids. I just remembered that there was a kid named Hussein, and I was so naive that it didn’t occur to me that he was Arabic until our high school reunion.

The first place that I really saw racism in action was on a trip to Washington, D.C. We were in a mini mall/restaurant where all of the customers were white, and all of the waiters and janitors were African American. It was definitely a culture shock for my husband and I.

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:44:27 +0000

I “enjoyed” reading this years ago (can I really say “enjoy”?) and I agree that Toni Morrison is brilliant in many ways. Have you read Beloved yet? Similarly horribly violent but poignant. I’ve read it half a dozen times.