Black boy response

Wright says that, "he had begun coping with the white world too late." When he says this he means that up until this point in his life he was able to say what he wanted to the authority figures that he was surrounded by. However, during these chapters he can not do this any more because the authority figures that surrounded him where white. This meant that he had to watch what he said and how he acted because there could be very serious repercussions if one white person felt as though he disrespected them. Wright thinks that he began coping too late because he felt the urge to say what he wanted but when it came down to it he could not do this around the white people. We see this in the two chapters that we read tonight because in these chapters Wright was working in different jobs that required him respecting and listening the every wish that a white person made. This was his first real experience in that world which makes it incredibly important.