Black Boy-Part Deluxe

Yesterdays reading really let the me as the reader get a good feel for the life of a African American in the early 1900's. I still am shocked that a boy so little as 12 has been so... for lack of a better word... scary. He say's things that he doesn't know the true meaning of, and is constantly keeping up his reputation. Although i do feel pitty for Richard. He lives in a culture in which if he backs down from a fight and just stays to himself he will get walked all over.