Black Boy Capítulo ocho

After reading chapter 8 of Black Boy, I think that Richard Wright was completely justified in refusing to say his speech. When the principle presented the idea to Wright that he wrote a speech for him to orate at graduation, Wright had every reason to refuse. He was asked to create a speech which not only took up his time, but made him think about what exactly he wanted to say and use up his energy imaginatively. Wright didn't have to impress anyone, not even if they were white. How much more stupid or inferior could they think he was even if his speech was bad? Though the superintendent who came to the graduation might have thought that the speech from the valedictorian reflected the school, even if the school was topnotch he wouldn't have viewed it any differently than he already had because it was ran by a black man. I think Wright, like in previous instances, was fed up with people trying to tell him how he was going to do things, or how they wanted him to do things. I think Wright said something really important. He made the point that he was chosen to be valedictorian and the students wanted to hear what he had to say; what he was feeling. He wanted to do the right thing, and not be bought over by anyone.