Racism In Richard Wright's Native Son

The 1900's were filled with incidents and horrific stories about slavery, hangings, and segregation towards black people. Now, in 2016,many of those things and actions do not happen often or for the most part, at all. But where most americans see this as a sign that the prolonged issue of racism is seemingly fixed, are undoubtedly wrong. Though incidents that were involved in Richard Wright's novel, Native Son, are not taking place in today's time, oppression and racism towards black people in the United States have only taken a different form. America has come a long way over the years, but society is still being saturated with discrimination and racism.

Though some might believe that the taboo of certain terms over the generations between Wright's era and today's time is almost white and black, they are mistakenly wrong. "To me, a nigger's a nigger" (Wright page 154) stated by the Daltons white private investigator, which helps show just how nonchalantly these terms were thrown around, and also how openly racism was during Wright's time. In today's time, the word "nigger" has became such a derogatory term
Even though people do not hear vulgar discriminatory words as often, does not mean there is not racism. Even though segregation is not as black and white as it used to be, does not mean there is not racism. Even though to some americans it seems like racism is a long overdone issue, does not mean there is not racism. Though in Richard Wright’s time, and expressed through his novel Native Son, racism seemed to be exploited abundantly and seen constantly. While in today’s times it is not as clear, just shows how racism has just taken into different forms. From unfair law enforcements, to unjust pay wages and everything in between, racism is still all around us and Wright would be appalled that it has been over fifty years and little has