RACISM IN PAULE MARSHALL’S NOVELS

Brown girl Brownstone is the first novel of the American famous writer Paule Marshall published in 1959. The novel records the interface of two distinct cultures and also portrays immigrant families facing the barriers of racism and class. How Afro-Americans had to struggle and compete with the dominant white society for social equality. The novel records the immigrants racial experiences. Paule Marshall's novel was among the first to portray the inner life of a young female African-American, as well as depicting the cross-cultural conflict between West Indians and American blacks. The primary characters include Selina and Ina Boyce and their parents, who suffer from racism and extreme poverty in 1959.