Show the danger of internalized racism and its relationship to sexist behavior. Ground your discussion in Nanny’s conversation with Janie about Negro women being on the lowest rung and her sentiments about the prevalence of domestic abuse. Use Frank from Flyin’ West. Address his belief system, where it derived from, how it shows up in the things he says, and then show the ways in which he is sexist.
Hurston reading Their Eyes Were Watching God, to refer to “how did internalized racism show up in that novel? Which character really embodied internalized racism? Second–where do we see it in the play?”
