A. Data Type
According to Given 2008:185, data refer to a collection of information that will be used in the research. In qualitative research, data are usually in
the form of non-numeric such as words and pictures. Since the research employs qualitative research approach, the data were in the form of language
features such as words, phrases, clauses and sentences expressed in ONeills All Gods Chilluns Got Wings and related to 1 the categories of the causes of
the racial prejudice and its consequences toward the main characters in their interracial marriage and 2 the impacts of racial prejudice in the interracial
marriage revealed in the play.
B. Data Source
The object of the research is a play script entitled All Gods Chilluns Got Wings written by Eugene ONeill in his The Complete Works conducted in
1924 in the United States. The researcher used the edition downloaded from the Gutenberg which was at first uploaded on January 2004. The play consist
of two acts, the first act is divided into four scenes while the second act is divided into three scenes.
The supporting references and information were also employed to enrich, strengthen and analyze the data. The supporting data for this research were
taken from books and online resources. To help understand ONeills works,
the researcher used Eugene ONeills America: Desire Under Democracy Diggins: 2007 and Eugene ONeills Critics: Voices from Abroad Frenz
and Tuck: 1985. To analyze the work, the researcher employed the theory of racial
prejudice in the postcolonial societies from Frantz Fanon Black Skin, White Mask 2008, supported by The Postcolonial Studies Reader Aschroft,
Griffiths and Tiffin : 1995, The Black Studies Reader Bobo, Hudley and Michel :2004, ColonialismPostcolonialism Loomba : 1998. Some
additional books on the theory of racism employed to support the comprehensiveness of the background analysis are Once You Go Black:
Choice, Desire, and The Black Intellectual Pharr : 2007 and Racism
Bulmer and Solomos : 1999.
C. Data Collection
There are four steps in the process of collecting data: reading, note taking, interpreting, and categorizing. Basically, reading and note taking are
the most important ways in data collecting technique. In this research, the researcher first read ONeilr’s All Gods Chilluns Got Wings. In order to get
the clear understanding of the content of the text, the researcher had to perform the careful and comprehensive reading. Second, the researcher
collected the data by making simple notes or re-writing them in the form of
main words, phrases, clauses, and sentences related to the topic. Third, the researcher read carefully the data in order to have the clear interpretation. The
last step, the data were categorized into three aspects of racism practice in line with the topic of discussion: the use of language, the relationship, and the
symbolization. During the process of the data collection, the researcher used a particular form of data sheet to easily see the progress of her research. The
form of data sheet is presented in the figure below:
Table 1. The Form of The Data Sheet No Data Page
Category
D. Research Instruments
The main instrument of this research was the human instrument, that was the researcher her self. For Creswell 2009:175, one of the qualitative
research characteristics is that the researcher acts as the key instrument by collecting data by him or herself. He or she may use a protocol or an
instrument for collecting data but the researcher is the one who gathers the information.
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