Wright and the White World

Wright comments that he began coping with the white world too late. He is completely unaccustomed to how he is supposed to act when in the company of white people. His family members and friends have gotten used to how they are expected to act in these situations, but Wright has not been exposed to these situations until he was almost 17 years.Wright is far too free-thinking and questioning to ever truly fit into the Jim Crow south - it is not enough for him to simply accept his lot in life.