Racism Exposed In Richard Wright's Black Boy

Black boy, an autobiography of Richard Wright’s early life that investigates the suffered life of him in Deep South and the urban north. The story expresses Richard’s feeling and view on his society. As he grows up he begins to observe how his family members behave differently towards white. Most of the time Richard question his mother on his ethnicity, but there is no answer given to Richard’s question. This is because he is protected and forbidden to know about his condition in which he lives in. As it may depress him, perceiving racial discrimination where white and African American are segregated economically and spiritually. Even though Richard has been forced to keep ignorant on his actual environment he still sees racism in his surrounding
A few months later they have to move again because the whites murdered aunt Maggie’s husband Mr. Hoskins. They have to escape from Elaine before white people can get them. Mr. Hoskins sent the warning message to his family before he died, as he believed the whites would definitely kill all of his family members. Their next destination is West Helena, Arkansas. A few months Ella suffers with paralyzing strokes, she become ill and unable to work anymore. Richard’s grandmother takes them back to Jackson, Mississippi. His grandmother could not take care all of them, due to economic factor. So she decided that Richard should stay with uncle Clarks who lives in greenwood. While Ella is fighting against her disease, Richard and his brother should stay with their uncle and aunt for a while until his mother is recovered from the disease. This is time for moving again. After Richard graduates his ninth grade, he now turns into an adult. As he begins to work he starts to see his threatening environment. His identity towards white people is gradually shaped, he has to learn and adapt himself to this new world where humanism is taken away from him. As despair grows Richard hopes to leave for north as soon as possible, he hopes that in North he could live independently apart from whites