莫里森通过在《天堂》里构建的两个对立的两级社会:一级是排外的、封闭落后的男权社会鲁比镇;另一极是和谐包容的女性社区修道院,对非裔美国人在进行黑人族群身份时有可能的种族分离倾向提出警示,同时隐射了白人主流社会种族优越论的荒谬性,批判了黑人男性中心主义的僵化与封闭,赞美黑人女性的开放、包容,构建了兼容并包的多元文化社会的可能性。 Morrison passed two opposing two-tier societies built in Paradise: the first is an exclusive, closed-ended patriarchal town of Rubi; the other is a harmonious and inclusive female community convent that educates African-Americans At the same time, the author discards the absurdity of racial superiority theory of the mainstream white society, criticizes the rigid and closed black male-centrism, praises the openness, inclusiveness and construction of black women The possibility of a multi-cultural society that is compatible and inclusive.