• Aftab Nazir

The aim of this paper is to array out the effects of racism on black people by the white dominated society in Richard Wright’s Native Son and Paul Beatty’s The Sellout. The protagonist of these two novels Bigger Thomas and the unnamed narrator suffer a lot at the hands of the whites. They are unable to prove their identity and the white people don’t provide them the opportunity to do so. Both Richard Wright and Paul Beatty have shown this kind of racial discrimination in their novels in raw form which is an eye opener for the reader. Bigger Thomas in Native Son hates himself for being born in such a country where he is has to live in such a miserable condition. On the other hand the narrator of The Sellout rebels against the whites for killing his father for being black and on hearing that his city Dickens has been removed from the map of America as it was black populated area.

Racism, black people, white people, discrimination, opportunity, identity.

"Racial Discrimination and Identity Crisis in Richard Wright’s Native Son and Paul Beatty’s The Sellout", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.120-123, October-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810A69.pdf

"Racial Discrimination and Identity Crisis in Richard Wright’s Native Son and Paul Beatty’s The Sellout", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp120-123, October-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810A69.pdf