Black Boy. In the South, whites wanted power over the blacks, and the only form it came in was a word. By the first amendment the whites had power to use words, as did the journalist against the southern whites. Richard Wright grows up learning about the south and how it ruins others, and how it stabs him in the back by words. Richard at the age of four learns that words have an undeniable power behind and in front of them. Race, social class, and ethnicity play a huge role in this novel. After Richard's dad leaves the family, Richard, the mother, and brother, now have to work more to make money, and have to starve at s
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