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REPRESENTATION OF RACISM IN DEAR WHITE PEOPLE FILM A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Adab and Humanities in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Strata One (S1) ZUL KARNO RA’IS 1111026000090 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF ADAB AND HUMANITIES STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH JAKARTA 2018 ABSRACT Zul Karno ra’is, Representation of Racism in Dear White People film. A Thesis: English Letters Department. Adab and Humanities Faculty, State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, 2018. The research concerns in analyzing the representation of the racism of black American student. The research focuses on the main female character of black American student appeared and the representation of black effort in fighting racism. The objective of the research is to present the racism and how the main black character resisting the racism in Dear White People film? The writer uses qualitative method by collecting important data related to the research as the source analysis. The writer analyzes the representation of racism and how the black character resists the racism. In this research, the writer uses descriptive qualitative analysis as the method of to analyze the black American effort to resist the racism. From the data analysis, the writer finds that black American student resist the new house regulation that represented as the white racial discrimination. In conclusion, the main black character resists the racism is conducted by the four methods; negotiation, demonstration, help from media, physical contact. From the four methods, the negotiation and help from media is success to abolish the random house regulation. Keywords : Representation, Black American, Racism, and Resistant toward Racism. i DECLARATION I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to be the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other institute or degree or diploma of the university or other institute of higher learning, except where due acknowledgement has been made in the text. Jakarta, July 20th, 2018 Zul Karno Ra’is iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful May peace and blessing of Allah by upon all of us First of all, the writer especially grateful to Allah SWT, the lord of the universe, for all the favor and guidance Allah gave to him. Peace and blessing be upon the holy prophet Muhammad SAW and his family, his faithful companions, and his loyal follower to the end of the word. Second, the writer would like to express a special thanks to his beloved mother Ratna Wati and his beloved father Iskandar Zulkarnain S.E. who give him the financial support, prayer, love and all contribution during the writer’s life. And also the writer thanks to his lovely sister Utin Fitria and his beloved and dear wife Yulianti. Next, the writer would like to thank to his advisor Ida Rosida, M.Hum for her great patient, motivation, inspiration and contribution to finish this thesis, may Allah bless her and repay all her good with thousands goodness. The writer would also like to thank to important people who helped him from the beginning of outline until the outline become a complete work. They are: 1. Prof. Dr. Sukron Kamil, M.A., the Dean of Letters and Humanities Faculty Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta. 2. Drs. Saefudin, M.Pd, the Head of English Letters Department. 3. Elve Oktafiyani, M.Hum, the Secretary of English Letters Department. v 4. The Lecturers of English Letters Department, who have taught and educated the writer during her studies in the University. 5. The Staffs of main library and American Corner of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University. 6. The writer’s grandparent Sopiah Binti Gitung and Welhamzah Bin Baharudin may Allah bless them. 7. The writer’s father and mother in law Zakaria and Rohati. 8. The writer’s best friends Junaidi, Ramin, Toyalisi, and Sena thanks for the support and prayer. And also the family of IKDAR 31 and all student of Islamic Boarding School of Daarul Rahman. 9. The writer’s family at SMPN 13 Depok, Mrs. Dewi, Mrs. Iim, Ms. Lida, Mr. Hehen, Mr. Agus, Mr. Ujang, Mr. Taufik, Mr. Ali, Mr. Salam, Mr. Najib, Mr. Amin, Mrs. Rodiah, and all of family in SMPN 13 Depok who always give him support, advices and prayers. 10. The writer’s best classmates Ichwan, Wahid, Tanto, Cipung, Aini, Putri, Mola, Anis and all friends of C Class and Literature Class that cannot be mentioned one by one. 11. The writer’s friends in KKN MENTARI 2014. May Allah blesses and protecs them always. Finally, the writer realizes this thesis is not perfect and the writer will receive any comments, suggestion, and criticism. Jakarta, July 20th, 2018 Zul Karno Ra’is vi TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................... i APPROVAL SHEET ........................................................................................... ii LEGALIZATION ............................................................................................... iii DECLARATION ................................................................................................. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENT ...................................................................................... v TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................... vii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1 A. Background of Study ................................................................. 1 B. Focus of the Research ................................................................ 4 C. Research Question ..................................................................... 4 D. Significant of the Research ....................................................... 4 E. Methodology of the Research ................................................... 5 1. The Objective of the Research ............................................. 5 2. Method ................................................................................ 5 3. Data Analysis Technique .................................................... 6 4. The Unit Analysis ............................................................... 6 5. The Instrument of Research ................................................ 6 6. Time and Place of Research ................................................. 7 CHAPTER II THEORITICAL FRAME WORK .............................................. 8 A. The Previous Research .............................................................. 8 B. The Resist of Racism ............................................................... 11 C. Representation ......................................................................... 14 CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDING ............................................................ 19 A. The Data Analysis .................................................................... 19 B. Racism in Dear White People Film .......................................... 20 C. The Representation of Resistance Toward Racism ................. 25 1. Negotiate ways ..................................................................... 26 2. Help From Media ................................................................. 29 vii 3. Demonstration ways ............................................................. 33 4. Physical Contacts ................................................................ 35 CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION .................................... 38 A. Conclusion .............................................................................. 38 B. Suggestion ............................................................................... 39 REFERENCES ..................................................................................................... 40 APPENDICES ..................................................................................................... 43 viii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of study Racism has always been a hot topic of discussion in America till present (Asukile, 2008: 41-43). Furthermore, Barack Obama said openly that America has not recovered from the disease of racism, as the reaction of a crime for the shootings blacks recently as quoted by Reuter on June, 23th 2015 (Muhaimin, 2016). This case proves that even though America has been independent since 1774 and American civil right amendments has been validated in 1865 to oppose all racist acts and also the black has been one of the president in America, but the racism persists to this day. This is because racism is rooted in the life and the history of the American society (Fadillah, 2013). Then this leads to discrimination, the practice of treating somebody or particular group in the society less fairly than others (Hornby, 2000:377). The issue of racism itself had been being represented in some literature works like novel, short story, drama and film. The screenings of racism themed movies have existed from the past untill today. For the examples are The Birth of Nation (1915) and A Raisin in the Sun (1961). The Birth of Nation is an American epic drama film that release on February 9th, 1915. The film directed and co-produced by D. W. Griffith and starring by Lillian Gish. This film is adapted from the novel entitled The Clansman (1905) by Thomas Dixon and Griffith.