"Beauty and the Beast"- inspired by Erwin's blog

(For the full discussion, please see Erwin's blog) Erwin suggests on his blog post that the notion of 'black as beautiful' does not really exist in The Bluest Eye. Like Martijn, I'd have to say that I don't agree that black beauty is impossible within the world of the novel. Pecola is obviously a very extreme example of black 'ugliness'as she is considered 'ugly' by both white and black characters. This is only made worse by the fact that even her own family does not offer her support. However, a question that I might like to conider is whether or not Pecola possesses beauty inside of her "beastly" exterior. If so, when/how does this get the chance to emerge? And is her beauty at the end of the novel completely smothered, or does a possibility for redemption remain?