Wright and racism

Wright treated Jewish people with the same disrespect that members of his culture were treated on a daily basis. Wright and his friends felt as thought it was ok and natural to taunt Jewish children and adults with hurtful songs that were meant to bring them and their culture down. Wright blaims his dislike of the Jewish people on his cultural heritage yet he is hurt when he learns that white people treat colored the way that he treats Jewish people. 

We first see that Wright has to deal with the way he and his family are treated by white people  in chapter 2. Although he can not fully comprehend its meaning his uncle was killed by racism and it seems like that does not even ring a bell in his head when he is taunting the various Jewish people in his neighborhood. Wright has experienced various forms of racism in his life by this point in time in the book and he has yet to comprehend the meaning and hurtfulness that racism can bring to the cultures involved. He still needs to learn why this is wrong and I think that throughout the book he will begin to understand he is like the Jewish people himself.