Topic > The importance of oppression in Richard's 'Black Boy'...

The oppression caused by the white community results in actions committed by blacks, such as watching one of their own suffer at the hands of the former. They do not react to correct the wrongs committed by white people, to put an end to all tyranny. Even though a resisting black man may demand terrible things, this domination over him will remain permanent until something or someone ceases it. However, instead of trying to work towards that goal, they come into conflict with each other. When two people ask Wright to attend a trial of an acquaintance, he tells them, “You claim to fight oppression, but you spend more time fighting each other than fighting your avowed enemies” (368). Black people, one way or another, claim that nothing will stop the harassment, but they don't fight this injustice; they simply cope by consoling themselves with the thought that this is just how life goes. Black people have a sense of desperation within them after excessive repression by white people, where black people no longer know what to do with this difficult situation. They had lost the light in the tunnel and had given up. On the other hand, Wright lets readers know that fear exists within the black community, which is the result of countless incidents inflicted by whites. They would rather spend their days engaging with the problems of the black community, which wouldn't matter in the long run, instead of compromising with white people, or at least confronting them, because they are scared and have seen what happens. the latter is capable. Wright also wants them to see it from his point of view, that the way they represent won't solve anything. The mindset that blacks have established regarding oppression by whites is not an effective method of eradicating it, rather they are letting the problem be, allowing it to develop and take root so