In this thesis, the researcher discusses the racial prejudice in Green Book film. The purposes of this thesis are to identify the types of racial prejudice portrayed in Don Shirley’s character and describe how racial prejudice is portrayed in Don Shirley’s character in the film. The data used in this study were words in forms of narration, conversation, action, and scene related to the portrayal of racial prejudice towards Don Shirley’s character who works as a jazz pianist on his tour in the film. The theories that are used in analyzing the data, the researcher uses Sergio Romero’s theory about the types of racial prejudice of the dominant group and Pickering and Hoeper’s theory about character and characterization. Further, the researcher uses the method of qualitative research and mimetic approach. The results reveal that Don Shirley experienced all three types of racial prejudice; stereotype, discrimination, and racism. The researcher found there are thirteen data of racial prejudice in dialogue and action. The most prominent type of racial prejudice is discrimination. These are the results representing that Don Shirley’s character is still the object of discrimination despite his social status.

Key words: racial prejudice, Green Book, character.