In the poem “Black Boy”, Richard Wright discusses how many people have this belief that blacks can't do anything and are looking down upon. Racism is still going on today, many people are being mean online and about anywhere people can be racist. The article “World Cup 2018: England boss Gareth Southgate says country must address racism” is about soccer players who are not only being online abuses but in person abuses by racism. Both texts argue that racism is an import issue and people shouldn't be judged because of their looks, but they are also different in how people are being racist, and how in the future some people are more against racism while in the past it was expected to be a very unfair and cruel world.
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However the text are still very different, in Richard Wright's story “Black Boy” he argues that it is almost expected for blacks to be picked on and discriminated because of their race. When his family found out he was writing even they weren't happy and thought it was a waste of time because it's not work, and didn’t help his family financially. In the text it says,“Son, you ought to be more serious… You’re growing up now and you won't be able to get jobs if people think you are weak minded,” (Black Boy). His mom doesn't care what he wants to do she just wants him to do something that will actually matter in life. This ties back to racism because blacks aren't expected to do anything good or extroanady like make books and writes stories and such, inside they are expected to work and not do what they wish to do. The text also explains that the kids had not believed Richard would write too, “ A few days later my classmates came to me with baffled eyes, holding copies of the Southern Register in there hands,”(Black Boy). His classmates were surprised that he wrote and asked if he copied because back then it was very uncommon for blacks to do anything once again. On the other hand in “World Cup 2018... By Phil McNulty” many people are against racism and it is very uncommon for many people to verbally attack induvales that is a different race. This causes a larger problem
In both of the text the …show more content…
However the text are still very different, in Richard Wright's story “Black Boy” he argues that it is almost expected for blacks to be picked on and discriminated because of their race. When his family found out he was writing even they weren't happy and thought it was a waste of time because it's not work, and didn’t help his family financially. In the text it says,“Son, you ought to be more serious… You’re growing up now and you won't be able to get jobs if people think you are weak minded,” (Black Boy). His mom doesn't care what he wants to do she just wants him to do something that will actually matter in life. This ties back to racism because blacks aren't expected to do anything good or extroanady like make books and writes stories and such, inside they are expected to work and not do what they wish to do. The text also explains that the kids had not believed Richard would write too, “ A few days later my classmates came to me with baffled eyes, holding copies of the Southern Register in there hands,”(Black Boy). His classmates were surprised that he wrote and asked if he copied because back then it was very uncommon for blacks to do anything once again. On the other hand in “World Cup 2018... By Phil McNulty” many people are against racism and it is very uncommon for many people to verbally attack induvales that is a different race. This causes a larger problem