Richard Wright's expressed views on racism through the autobiography Black Boy.

The autobiography, Black Boy, by Richard Wright is written to not only tell of his personal experiences, but to teach a very important lesson as well. Wright uses the novel to explain his views on racism and how it tears apart family and friends through violence. This motif of violence enhances Richard Wright's view on racism and how it not only affects interracial relations by causing fear and hate, but also affects the comradery of …

…beaten for minor mistakes. Richard Wright's view on racism is clearly defined through his accounts of violence between both whites and blacks alike and the various scenarios he describes throughout Black Boy. By writing the novel and expressing the ideas he does, Richard proves the true magnitude of which racism ruins lives. The victims of this abuse not only suffer physically, but are denied the rights to realize their potential as human beings as well.