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dc.contributor.advisorRezwan, Mohammad Zaki
dc.contributor.authorRahat, Dyeem
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-19T04:00:23Z
dc.date.available2024-05-19T04:00:23Z
dc.date.copyright©2024
dc.date.issued2024-01
dc.identifier.otherID 20103002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/22860
dc.descriptionThis thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2024.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 66-70).
dc.description.abstractThe paper explores how the contemporary problems of the black community mirror those of the old ones. It uses African American literature to find a connection between problems from years or decades ago and the ones currently occurring. Now these cruel problems could never be understood by simply looking at a statistic; as we know, “A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.” So this paper uses literary texts as a lens to delve into today’s problem, as only authors, in this case African-American ones, could hold up the true suffering and pain of the black community in the black-related problems of the past without any sort of distortion. When we look at these problems from a numeric standpoint, the victims are just numbers to us, but from a literary standpoint, they are not just numbers but living, breathing beings who are in pain and suffering. To further understand the suffering of the blacks in contemporary times. The framework of Critical Race theory was applied as it shows racism is encoded in different areas like law, wealth, education and so on. Now statistics are not completely absent, as they would have been used to enhance my message and deliver it home. The paper focuses on four major areas, which are mass imprisonment, police violence, economic disparity, and racial injustice. For addressing each of the major issues, separate literary texts, different real-world recent incidents, and diverse data have been utilized without a few exceptions. The paper also utilizes theories such as Weber's monopoly on the legitimate use of violence, Marx's critique of capitalism, and Panopticism by Michel Foucault to make connections and enhance the understanding of the issues at hand. Keyword:en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityDyeem Rahat
dc.format.extent74 pages
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBrac Universityen_US
dc.rightsBrac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.
dc.subjectAfrican American literatureen_US
dc.subjectRacial injusticeen_US
dc.subjectEconomic inequalityen_US
dc.subjectPolice brutalityen_US
dc.subject.lcshAfrican Americans--Literary collections
dc.subject.lcshRacial profiling in law enforcement--United States--Juvenile literature
dc.subject.lcshPolice brutality--United States
dc.titleLiterature as a lens: examining racial injustice in America through African American textsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of English and Humanities, Brac University
dc.description.degreeB.A. in English


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