The Origin of Others

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

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Before You Read

Summary

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Foreword-Chapter 3

Chapters 4-6

Key Figures

Themes

Index of Terms

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

Near the end of Chapter 1, Morrison poses several questions about race and Othering. Choose one of those questions and examine how she answers it in the text.

In Chapter 2, Morrison notes that racial identification and exclusion do not begin or end with anti-Black racism. What is Morrison asserting about the nature of race, and how does she support this assertion throughout the text?

Explain the role that scientific racism has played in inventing and maintaining control over the Other and discuss how Morrison demonstrates this role in The Origin of Others.