Identifying Racism and Racial Stereotypes in Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor and Park

The study aims to identify racism and racial stereotype in text structure, social cognition, context of Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor Park. uses qualitative descriptive design conducts Teun A. van Dijk’s socio-cognitive approach analyze words, phrases sentences which contain & result shows that Park novel are the form implicit, explicit, internalized racism, fetishism Asian. stereotypes Asian physical features, namely description a short body, slanted eyes, weak helpless appearances, also use word "doll" describe women. cause triggered by inequality access power, lack awareness about issues faced communities western countries, development term "Model Minority" makes an illusion community privileged.