Racism in Wright's Black Boy


The theme of Richard Wright's autobiography Black Boy is racism. Wright
grew up in the deep South; the Jim Crow South of the early twentieth century.
From an early age Richard Wright was aware of two races, the black and the white.
Yet he never understood the relations between the two races. The fact that he
didn't understand but was always trying to, got him into trouble many times.
When in Memphis, Wright reluctantly assumed the role society dictated for him,
the role of a black boy. He became a black boy for the sole purpose of survival,
to make enough money to eventually move North where he could be himself.
As an innocent child Wright sees no difference between the blacks and
the whites. Yet he is aware of the existence of a difference. "My grandmother
who was as "white" as any "white" person, had never looked "white" to me."
(Wright pg. 31). This statement shows his confusion about blacks and whites.
When, as a child Wright......

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