Representation of Rootednessof Racism in Ali'sBrick Lane

Abstract

This research explores various crosscurrents and undercurrents of racism, which creates adverse conditions for Muslim immigrants in Monica Ali’sBrick Lane. Racism is a politically motivated and manipulated strategy to assert the hegemony and supremacy of one race over other. When racismtakes an institutionalized form, it becomes a serious stumbling block. Racism is the biased programs to assert the superiority and hegemony of certain groupings of people. When the notion of race is used to dominate, exclude and oppress people of differentsocio-cultural and religious background, racism comes into practice. InBrick Lane,the whites are demonstrative of grudge against non-white immigrants. The white discriminates immigrants even in the supply of basic items which every human being expects from the sphere of humanity. For the white people, it seems inferior. Immigrants do not get a promotion if there is any white man waiting on the list. There must have been a number of signs showing prejudice in his working environment as Chanu reaches thisconclusion of cultural biases. Karim is aggressively made the victim of anti-Islamic campaign. He feels so dehumanized and alienated that he could not help forming Muslim gang to respond to the white men’s anti-Islamic campaign. Nazneen and Chanu get low pay not because they work for fewer hours but because they are treated as outsiders by the white inhabitants and employers of London. The racist arrogance of the British people is directed towards the Bangladeshi immigrants. They are discriminated, dehumanized and exploited because they are Muslims. In the midst of prejudice and other anti- Islamic hassles, Islamic immigrants do not hesitate to adapt the shifting cultural locale. The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion, communication and excommunication surround social space in the last part of the novel. It can be found that racism is the unavoidable phenomenon. The phenomenon of racism paves the way for the emergence of various cultural groupings and alliances. Racism is inevitable in the current politico-cultural context in England