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INTRODUCTION When Toni Morrison penned “The Bluest Eye” in 1970, she couldn’t have anticipated how her debut novel would become one of the most haunting and controversial works in American literature. This isn’t just another coming-of-age story—it’s a brutal examination of how society’s toxic beauty standards can destroy innocent lives, particularly those of young Black girls who dare to dream of acceptance in a world that systematically rejects them. Morrison’s masterpiece follows eleven-year-old...