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RACISM AND ITS EFFECTS ON LITERATURE Racial segregation and discrimination is prevalent throughout literature and it is no accident. Racism in literature stems logically from the experiences of the authors and the treatment of minority’s. Throughout Braided Lives, there were many short stories that dealt with pain and suffering because of racism. Each author has personal experiences in racism, and expressed how racism made them feel through their writings. Not being allowed in a …

…in them were accurate. Minorities experienced the prejudice that was in the short stories everyday. Just like in the short stories minorities’ state of mind were hurt and putdown. However, minorities found new ways to speak out and that was in the course of literature. Through short stories, poems, essays, and novels African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian American and Native Americans found innovative ways to speak out against injustice, causing the outstanding literature presented today.