F. The Data Analysis
Data analysis is the important part of qualitative research that includes gathering and linking the data to be a concept as it is stated by Given
2008:186. Further Given mentions that there are six steps in data analysis which are organizing and preparing the data, reading through all the data,
coding the data, giving a description, interrelating description and interpreting the meaning of description. Thus, six steps to analyze the data are explained
below: 1.
The first is identifying the data from the play script by making some notes
2. The second is reading and re-reading the whole data and arranging the
data into a theme : racial prejudice in an interracial marriage in the United States
3. The third is coding and categorizing the data in the data table into
some categories related to the form of the racial prejudice in the Norther US based on Fanons theory.
4. The fourth is sorting the data by selecting the relevant data and
excluding the irrelevant data. The selected relevant data were classified and interpreted according to its thematic meaning
5. The fifth is making the interrelation between the description of the
data and the theory to get the findings based on the objectives, the
identification of racial prejudice in an interracial marriage in the Northern US.
6. The last is making an interpretation of the findings based on the
understanding about the theory.
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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This research is aimed to investigate racial prejudice in an interracial marriage of a black and white couple in the Northern part of the United States.
The researcher uses the data to verify and clarify the discussion. Furthermore, this chapter focuses on the discussion of two points: 1 to find out the causes of
racial prejudice and its consequences toward the main characters in their interracial marriage as reflected in All God’s Chilluns Got Wings and 2 to reveal
the impacts of racial prejudice in the interracial marriage revealed in the play script.
To begin, it is worth to know that the play is divided into two Acts. The first Act deploys the process of how racism is constructed in the society, and the
second act deploys how racial prejudice affecting interracial marriage. Thus, in the first sub-chapter, the researcher presents the findings and discussion related to
the causes of racial prejudice and how it affects the main characters. Furthermore, in the second sub-chapter, the researcher will present the impacts of
racial prejudice in an interracial marriage.
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