After reading and analyzing Black Boy and various current articles, I have been able to draw parallels between the treatments of whites in two different times. Although African Americans are now equal under the law, they is still racial prejudice, which instigates violence. This can be compared to the early 1900’s, which is when Richard was growing up. When Richard was a child, hate crimes toward blacks took the form of lynchings and harassment. Nowadays, police brutality directed at African Americans is an evolved version of these lynchings.
