It has been apparent that throughout the years laws have been passed to keep whites and blacks, rich and poor, non-immigrants and immigrants separated from each other. Race mixing was prohibited and if any one had just a bit of Negro blood they were considered black. These very same laws gave the "elite" the advantage to prosper financially and maintain their upper classmen status, giving them a superiority ego while simultaneously creating fear in the hearts of the "non-elite" and infecting their minds to believe that they were inferior. If anyone dared to defy these laws, only two possible outcomes could occur: cruel punishment would be executed or violent revolts. As a result, racial ideologies have been constructed thus compelling society to pass judgment based on appearance, residence or job title. This is better known as racialization. "Rules shaped by our perception of race in a comprehensively racial society determine the "presentation of self," distinctions of status and appropriate modes of conduct. "Etiquette" is not mere universal adherence to the dominant group's rules, but a more dynamic combination of these rules with the values and beliefs of subordinated groupings". (p15)
             Wright learned at a very early age that blacks and whites do not interact with each other. The best example was when he and the gang he belonged to were in a battle against a group of white boys. After waiting for his mother to arrive from work, eager to tell her what had happened and expecting his mother to understand, her reaction was of pure anger. She spanked him until he had a fever of one hundred and two. As Wright became older, he also learned not to walk at night in white neighborhoods or else he would be stopped by police officers patrolling the area. In his jobs, the white people taught him to look the other way when whites were beating someone of his own race. When he told...