Black Boy Capítulo dos

After reading the second chapter of Black Boy, Lamags wanted us to answer the question of why Wright doesn't like the Jewish community, and why he believes that it is his cultural heritage to dislike them. I think one of the large aspects of the problem is the fact that there is a religious association with the prejudice. Wright's grandmother was an impassioned religious woman who enforced religion in their home. Now religion in the black community is strongly believed in and practiced. By not only going to church, but by listening to his grandmother, Wright is getting both sources to tell him that it was the Jews who killed Jesus. Since religion is an important part of the black culture, it is accepted and believed what the Bible says. In scripture, it says that it was the Jews who turned their backs on Jesus and had him crucified. With this association with Jews killing Christ, Wright believed that this applied to all jews, which have them a negative connotation. This is the reason Wright isn't kind to the Jewish shopkeeper. This is the only parallel that I could draw from the question, but I am probably missing out on something important, but I don't know what it is.