Without a doubt, every family in The Bluest Eye is dysfunctional. They cling to illusions and pass down a legacy filled with anger, hopelessness, frustration, and deceit. Although the Breedloves are shown as the most unfortunate of the families Morrison describes, the novel's grim theme is that families struggle to create a future free from the harmful influence of Euro-American value systems. These systems dangerously affect African-American citizens, making them even more vulnerable to racial self-loathing within a divided community.