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Joyce Carol Oates was an american author who grew up during the time where racism was present but at the same time being fought. During the mid 1900's racism was formally banned but people still held prejudices against other races. In many of her books Joyce Carol Oates addresses this topic. The book __Because It Is Bitter and Because It Is My Heart__, largely revolves around the divide between races as well as the transition into a less racist time period and a realization that different color skin does not signify worth of a human.