A Reconstruction of the Racist Ideology in Richard Wright’s Native Son

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the relation between power and language in Richard Wright's Native Son.Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) provided analytical tools that could be used to uncover bias in texts.This study used Norman Fairclough's three dimensional CDA framework to analyze a racist ideology in Richard Wright's Native Son.White domination is an effort done by the white people to maintain 'White-Superiority' and 'Black-Inferiority'.In this case many Blacks have problem or difficulties in the aspect of their life.The result shows that through the white's superiority the Blacks were the oppressed people.Being the oppressed people, they were unjustly treated by the white power such as racial prejudice, discrimination, and segregation.Consequently, they had some problems in the aspects of their social lives.they were regarded as inferior creatures, and they do not have equalities in education, employment, law protection or law enforcement, and in the other aspects of socio-cultural life.

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