i thought i had posted this

Throughout Morrison's work there is a a recurring reference to embodying the forms of prejudice that subjects are exposed to. When the Dandelions do not "lover her back" (50) Pecola learns to hate them and realized that they "are weeds." I think this example serves to illustrate the multi-faceted effects and forms of racism. The dandelions could never have loved her back, in the way she needed. So then, does this, if not explain, but contextualize why racialized subjects often turn to projecting the "bad" associated with them to others.