Black Women and the Crooked Room

Psychological withdrawal can lead to self absence of drug abuse to treat lack of self-esteem, social barriers, and shame. Other shame problems are built by Jim Crow system. For example, African Americans are obliged to enter a subordinate position when talking to Caucasians in public and private environments, thus becoming "a shameful race." Therefore, due to the threat of violence and Lynch, African Americans must avoid contact between the white eyes and the body.

Mock quotes Melissa Harris-Perry's "bent room" theory and explains how black women are restricted in the work environment. Harris Perry uses the term "bent room" to represent the deep-rooted stereotype of the culture of black women in social space. "In face of the stereotypes of race and gender, black women need to stand in a crooked room and figure out in what way to raise, women tilt and bend the body to adapt to the twist It is difficult to get up straight in a crooked room. "

Crooks got his nickname from behind his curved, with the black stable hands of the ranch. Unlike ranch white workers, Crooks was black and the farm was isolated and forced to live alone in a small room connected to the barn. Crook race suffers from racial discrimination and is a considerate person in the novel. In Chapter 4, Lenny visited his room, and Crook first showed the corrosion effect of loneliness and discrimination, and when Lenny deliberately talked about George and left George I got angry. Crooks also expressed his loneliness by lamenting his difficult situation on the farm and expressed his treatment as if he were equal. When Candy and Renee first talked about their dream of owning their house, Crooks said it was impossible. As Candy comments on how men approach their dreams, Crooks is attracted to their dreams and provides free help to their homes.