The more we read, the more we come to see the miserable kind of life in which the black people are living. In this book we come to find that the artlessness and the humanity of the children were both killed. In here, the black mothers are totally helpless and are not to be blamed for leaving their beloved children in the streets as they are restricted by the merciless rules of the whole community where they have to fight their way out through life and face all the obstacles that faced them. They did all kinds of humiliating jobs so as to be capable of surviving in such circumstances. Therefore, they were forced to leave their children in the streets where they are exposed to the most unbelievable and horrible experiences. It was suffering in its worst shape.
Pity! Pity! This is what is felt towards this black people of the south. Discrimination-wise we find that the society is divided into two contrasted classes, where white people relish such a joyful life, while the black people live in a quite poor life. The writer’s style pictured black people so helpless as they could not retort or take their rights all what they can do was to run away, they even forget that its their land the same as the white people. In fact, black people were treated as aliens in their own country since lots of human rights such as freedom of speech was a taboo for thew. They were absolutely ignored. That is to say they take away all their rights, they did not have any right to receive medical care like the whites, “there are no hospital facilities for coloured people” and that was why Richard’s mother was taken to a rooming house after the operation, that could never happen if she was a white woman. They even did not have the right to complete their education they were only able to read and write and nothing more, so as not to be treated equally one day. And so education is forbidden for them.
The most terrible problem is the failure of the whites to recognize their own inhumanity, monstrosity and cruelty. The first white folks Richard worked for offered him rotten molasses and stale bread while they eat eggs beacon and coffee. Whites do consider black people as ANIMALS who got no feelings and don’t deserve any kind of care, and they are not allowed to share food with them. In a way, black people subscribe to this discrimination by their passiveness and silence. Why couldn’t the black people revolt against these white monsters? Such inhumanity is utterly unjustified, inconceivable and appalling.
However, Richard seemed to object on those who agree on being slaves for whites and play the role of stupid clowns. Also, it is so clear that he respected his humanity. In turn, we seem to respect him too.
To conclude, some people might claim that this is due to the diversity of culture. However, the issue itself is wholly humanistic and it should be a fact of life that all people were born free. And if I was born black, I would be liable to encounter such troubles, which creates nothing but pulling people a party. Is it man’s game in life?