The Bluest Eye

For my Introduction to psychology course I attended a briefing about the infamous play The Bluest Eye. My professor, Dr. Harrell was apart of the discussion panel along the sides of Dr. Carr, and other significant Howard University professors. As apart of the presentation different students of each professor read the underlying meanings of specific parts of the play, which they had previously written in class. In the play The Bluest Eye the main character is Pecola, an African American girl who believes she would receive better treatment from society and look attractive if she had blue eyes. The discussion developed around Pecola's belief and generated other topics, such as black poverty, colorism, and the idea black is beautiful.