The Love of Colour in Me

                The article The Love of Color in me critically analyzes the Anzia Yierzierska novel.  Most of the setting for the novel The Bread Giver takes place in the early 20^th centry in New York tenements. During the turn of the century, there was antisemitism that was built out of discontent towards the growing Jewish population.  Also, the reader can take notice that once the Smolinsky family start to get more income there is the feeling to “dress nicer” and want more, thus assimilating into the American culture. Connecting this with the times, many Jews (with typically having darker hair, darker skin tones) were considered to be part of an ethnic group aside from caucasion. Apart from that assertion, many people would drop Jewish names and adopt more American names  Taking the time and setting into considertation,what the critical article touches  on, simplified, is the use of the adjectives “dark” and “black” throughout the novel. Whether it is the dirt in the house, or the situations they are put in, these words are used with negative connotations. The reasoning behind this subconcious use of these particular adjectives was analyzed by the author of the critical article as a way for Jews overall to seperate for what is considered negative in America... “Blackness.” My question is, what do you make of this analysis?