African American people had to make their own way to fight the racial discrimination, so they made some of their people become lawyers. They had to
do that because it was needed to guide and guard their rights on the law and justice fronts. Again, Golden states that these African American lawyers were the
vanguard who initiated the legal study and interpretation of civil rights. By understanding the history of African Americans above, it can be
concluded that their struggle and fight for their rights could only pay off when they were accepted by Americans, especially White Americans. Their successes in
getting the freedom leads the Americans to realize that they also have powers, in many aspects.
D. Theoretical Framework
This part will explicate the contribution of the theories applied in this analysis. The writer uses the theory of character and characterization, the relation
between literature and society, theory of identity, and racism and racial stereotyping to help this research for answering the problem formulation. The
distribution of theories will be explained in the following paragraphs. The writer uses theories of character and characterization to obtain a better
understanding of the depictions of Clay in the play related to this study. Using these theories, the writer will be able to explicate the nature of the depiction in the
play. The relation between literature and society is used to help the writer
understand the connection between literary work and society in the play of Dutchman
with the society of African Americans in the real life in the 1960s.
The theories of identity are used to analyze the identity of Clay, helping the writer to explain
Clay’s identity struggle towards Lula’s racial stereotyping.
The explanation about racism and racial stereotypes is used to show how Lula uses racist speech that causes Clay to do sorts of things that show the
defensive attitude as an African American man. Last is the review of the history of African Americans. It is used to help
the writer to know more about African Americans life in that era, and about racial issues they encountered. This theory helps the writer to see more deeply their
struggle for life towards racial issues.
