The Black Community in the Works of Richard Wright

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This 13 page paper explores the way Richard Wright describes the black community in his works Native Son and Black Boy. The writer argues that the community portrayed in these works censors itself, thus helping perpetuate the status of whites as superior. The writer further argues that Wright shows such efforts will fail or worse, are doomed to explode in violence as bottled up emotions are released. There are 10 sources listed in the bibliography.