The End of Part One

After reading the end of part one of Black Boy, I felt that Richard made a very smart move by making the decision to move to Chicago. The South would never suit someone like Richard because it would be, for a long time, harder for blacks to live there. Though the North wasn't all peaches and cream during that time, because they had a lot of prejudices towards blacks as well, the people there wouldn't be as violent towards Richard and his family. It would be easier to start a life there. Another reason the South would never be suitable for Richard because he had too creative of a mind. In a southern world where blacks were only supposed to be subservient, kiss ass, and act unnatural, would be too much for Richard to handle after a while. Just like the boxing incident, where Richard's white co-workers set he and Harrison up to fight, Richard wouldn't be able to do that forever. After that fight he felt angry at himself and at the whites, and I don't think he would have been able to handle that after a time. Because as all these incidents build up where the whites are causing him to have these suspicions against his own race, and basically wanting him to do what they want, Richard wouldn't be able to live with himself. He needed to be able to pursue his dreams of becoming a writer.