The Many Traits of Richard Wright Richard Wright was a young black man growing up in the South in the early 1900’s. Richard has to over come many obstacles in succeeding in life and one of the biggest was racism. Richard presents himself in many ways in the biography Black Boy, two traits that are mentioned are stubbornness and passiveness. Although they are complete opposites Richard possesses both traits. Richard displays his stubbornness in a …showed first 75 words of 301 total…

…showed last 75 words of 301 total…he would get beat again and maybe killed. Due to his passiveness Richard lost his chance to become and optician. Stubbornness and passiveness eventually paid off for Richard. He moved into the North and became a notable writer of his time. Richard wrote about the hardships of growing up as a Negro in the south, and the injustice of racism. Richards’s works are still prevalent to today’s society because racism is still present.