Blog for Week 6

My favorite reading was Richard Wright's passage from Black Boy. What stood out to me in this piece particularly was the idea of how much one incident can change the way a child views society. Although the passage ends with he and his mother moving once again, I am left with the feeling that the way he viewed whites after that incident will forever be changed. I think it's really telling when in the beginning of the passage, it shows him as a curious child, seeking answers from his mother, who, having had more experiences with whites, was afraid. I can only imagine how much his opinion of whites changed or was formed based on the incident with his uncle. Also the fear he must have carried with him since that day.