Racism Reflected in Nic Stone's Dear Martin (2017): A Critical Race Theory

This study aims to analyze the issue of racism in Dear Martin's novel by Nic Stone in 2017. The data collection technique of this research is library research by collecting data from objects that are relevant to the issue to be analyzed. The theory used as a reference is critical racial theory. The results of this analysis are in the form of findings in the form of several indicators on the issue of racism as well as how the main characters deal with racism. A number of indicators found can be categorized into three types of racism, namely institutional, interpersonal, and internalized racism. Indicators of institutional racism is the difference treatment and punishment between white and black in a criminal case. Indicator of interpersonal racism that is both races always look bad at each other. White people tend to underestimate blacks and tend to think they are cruel. The indicator of internalized racism is underestimating their self or their own race. The main character, Justyce, experienced a difference of opinion in changing her situation. Initially he wanted to run away from the racist state that he experienced. Finally he realized that he could not run, inevitably he had to successfully deal with it and rely on himself.