Black Boy Chapter 6

One part of this chapter that really sticks out is when Uncle John and Richard have a fight. In previous chapters, mainly in the beginning, when there was a problem with Richard he was beaten and that was the end of it. When Richard does something here and Uncle Tom tries to do something to him RIchard freaks out and pulls knives on his uncle. Wright gets really mad at Uncle Tom and tries to defend himself with force because he feels his Uncle isn't really family. Wright has it in his head that only immediate family is allowed to beat the kids. It is this reasoning why Ricahrd gets confused when he sees the white guy beating the black boy. He automatically assumed the black boy was the white man's son...when he finds out differently Richard gets really mad.