This autobiography, Black Boy, written by Richard Wright, covers a lot of the subjects that he faces in his time spent in the South. Wright speaks of his experiences with racism and the struggles to attain the education and the treatment that he wants. He speaks of his values such as education his desire to go towards the North, the struggle to attain food, and the borderline violent treatment that he receives from the whites. If Wright were writing an autobiography titled Black Boy today (in 2017) about a black boy growing up in the United States, he would write about how education system is the still not completely fair for black students, how unemployment is still higher for African Americans, and police brutality killing a higher ratio of blacks than whites.
One topic that Wright may write about if he were still alive today is the education gap that is still present to this day. In the original autobiography, Wright evidently values education above most, if not, all his …show more content…
Yes, but No,” by Wesley Lowery, Lowery argues that the ration of black-to-whites killed by police brutality is greater in the blacks end. He claims that there is the greater amount of death of blacks amongst the black population because of police brutality then the amount of white deaths in a white population. He develops this claim by first noting that the despite more white deaths from police brutality compared to black deaths, there is 160 million more white people then black people in the US, which results in the difference in rates of death via police brutality. He explains how black Americans were 2.5 times more likely to be shot and killed by police in comparison to whites. Finally, statistics were used to compare the amount of unarmed victims from both races that police have shot and killed, showing that the percentages of blacks from a black population is greater compared to their white
One topic that Wright may write about if he were still alive today is the education gap that is still present to this day. In the original autobiography, Wright evidently values education above most, if not, all his …show more content…
Yes, but No,” by Wesley Lowery, Lowery argues that the ration of black-to-whites killed by police brutality is greater in the blacks end. He claims that there is the greater amount of death of blacks amongst the black population because of police brutality then the amount of white deaths in a white population. He develops this claim by first noting that the despite more white deaths from police brutality compared to black deaths, there is 160 million more white people then black people in the US, which results in the difference in rates of death via police brutality. He explains how black Americans were 2.5 times more likely to be shot and killed by police in comparison to whites. Finally, statistics were used to compare the amount of unarmed victims from both races that police have shot and killed, showing that the percentages of blacks from a black population is greater compared to their white