Racial Discrimination In 'Big Boy Leaves Home' By Mr. Wright

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The next story, “Big Boy leaves home”, I feel that racial discrimination is the theme in this story written by Mr. Wright. This piece of writing shows us the struggles of a black boy living in a white world, how the main character (Big Boy) lives in a world where there is racial discrimination against people of his color. Big Boy and his friends face racial discrimination problems throughout the story due to the color of their skin, such as finding a place to swim because they didn’t have a place of their own or having to fight for their life because him and his friends were going to be shot for swimming in Harvey’s pond; during the time of racial segregation blacks were not allowed to be in the same place as whites, they had separate
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