Black Boy

by Richard Wright

“Now, look, we don’t want a sassy nigger around here,” she said.

She was threatened by education and demeaned him to remind him of his place. She is a pathetic creature.

nigger,

Racists use to word to hold power over people of color. However, the term is more fitting for racists than it will ever be for people of color.

“A dog bite can’t hurt a nigger.”

Just ignorant.