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A review by pumpkinejuice
Black Boy by Richard Wright
1.0
I'm surprised that I seem to be of the minority who really didn't like this book. Not only did I not like it, I think its my least favorite book I have ever read. Its sad because I know that this is someone's memoir and this is someone's life. I think what bothers me is how when I read it for school so many people put Wright up on a pedestal for fighting racism.
The book seemed like a series of bad events that happened to Wright that can be blamed 30% on circumstances and 70% on his own stupidity, then blaming that stupidity on his race. White people hated him because he was stupid, black people hated him because he was stupid, he had problems with his family because he was stupid. He was stupid because he had his head stuck up his ass-hole too far to see anyone else's perspective.
The book seemed like a series of bad events that happened to Wright that can be blamed 30% on circumstances and 70% on his own stupidity, then blaming that stupidity on his race. White people hated him because he was stupid, black people hated him because he was stupid, he had problems with his family because he was stupid. He was stupid because he had his head stuck up his ass-hole too far to see anyone else's perspective.