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Racism And Oppression In Black American Literature
[AN EXAMPLE OF RICHARD WRIGHT’S BLACK BOY]
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Wright’s
powerful autobiography and our main concentration in the project,
BlackBoy is a record of childhood and youth which was published in 1945.
After then, there was a wave of great hostility towards black writers,
so Richard Wright fled to Paris. In 1953, Wright published The Outsider
and in 1954 Savage Holding was published, when he traveled to Ghana he
wrote about his experience in Black power (1954). This was followed by a
collection of essays. White listen (1957), The psychological reaction
of the oppressed people and the literature of the Negro in the United
States.
Wright final novel, The Long Dream was published in 1958. He
died of a heart attack in Paris on 28th November 1960. Richard Wright
was indeed a true voice of the Black Americans, every bit of his
literary works sought to bring an end to physical and psychological
oppression and also abolish racism and oppression.
1.3 PURPOSE OF STUDY
The
purpose of this study is to create an awareness of racism and
oppression using the personal experience of Richard Wright in his
autobiography BlackBoy.
This essay concentrates on the theme of
racism and oppression in Black American literature. Our intention is to
show that racism and oppression indeed is a prominent theme in BlackBoy
especially because the book was written during the Jim Crow era at a
point where racism was very prominent in the American society.
It
also looks at the personal understanding of the Blackman’s point of view
and his situation. Examples of racism and oppression are cited in
BlackBoy. This project exposes how racism and oppression affects the
mentality and the way of living of the Black race, reducing them to a
level of inferiority, in every aspect of their lives.
1.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATION
Our scope and limitation is on the theme of racism and oppression in
BlackBoy by Richard Wright so as to prevent the project from being
untidy and ambiguous in nature. From intense research we believe that
BlackBoy, an eye witness account is accurate enough to fully express the
terms of racial segregation and oppression because it has made a strong
impact on American literature with its strong commentary on the
cultural, political, racial and social issues going on during the period
of 20th century racism.
The very title of the book “BlackBoyâ€
already gives us an idea of our thematic discussion because he uses the
term ‘Black’ in the title to emphasize the fundamental racial facts of
his life (the author Richard Wright); the black against the white. Black
race subordinate to the white race which is the main and only scope and
limitation.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]It is known fact that racism and oppression are one of the major issues in Black American literature. This study will attempt to make readers realize these themes in Richard Wright’s Black Boy by analyzing the concept of racial segregation of Black in America. We will examine the historical perspective of Black writing narrative and the effects of racism and oppression, which include poverty, hunger assault etc. and the ways through which the blacks reacted to racism. We can claim that Bl ... Continue reading---
