Based off of what I have seen in the video I plan to incorporate specific words/phrases into my discussions. I plan on incorporating the phrase “Redlining”. This is because this specific term plays a big role in why many black Americans in the texts like “Native Son” and “Black Boy” lived in poor homes, had rough neighborhoods, and had bad schools. Redlining started when the Home Owners Loan Corp. was created.This was an act ensuring that low-class Americans were not defaulting on their new mortgages from the National Housing Act (1934). Maps were drawn and they had four specific areas. These areas included green,blue,yellow, and red. If you lived in the red areas this meant that you had “detrimental influences” or that you were “hazardous”.Meaning that you couldn’t pay your mortgages, and most of the people that lived in these areas were either foreign-born, low-class whites, or negroes. Redlining made it difficult to buy homes or refinance. Based on these restrictions and conditions as time went on and “white people [were] moving to new suburbs that [were] popping up all over the country” black people [were] stuck. Not only this but some “covenants” didn’t sell homes to black people and this was legal. So being this fact black Americans didn’t have any chance of moving. The primary way that Americans pay for public schools is by paying property taxes. Meaning the more valuable your house, the better schools that you have. So if you are redlined and your house is not valuable you don’t have good schools, therefore children only have access to little or no education at all. Just like in “Native Son”, Bigger was not able to finish school because he couldn’t pay for it. Which made him resort to doing the only thing that he could do to make money which was stealing. This is also shown in “Black Boy” when the young boy kept getting robbed by the gangsters that stayed on the streets by his house.

In the discussions I will make will now incoporate the world redlining. Redlining is the parts in town with the people of less income, forgieners and black americans. This word is somethings has been part of most of the conversations that taken part in class but because not many or maybe even none knew about the word and its meaning, now it can be used with underestanding of what it means and because it is really inpactful. For example incases when talking about the novel Native Son because in this novel it can be seen that the white people lived separate fromm the black people and the homes were much better then the ones in the black community and to me that would be a casse where redlining in taking place.

A phrase that I didn’t know what it meant was “Residential Security Maps.” The “Home Owners Loan Corporation” (HOLC) created the “Residential Security Maps” which is used to classify neighborhoods by their perceived level of lending risk. I plan to use this phrase in my discussion when I talk about the racial housing segregation.

I plan to incorporate specific words/phrases into my discussions such as redlining. This word is new to me and redlining is where people are poor and don’t have a lot. This creates an impact in ¨Native Son” because they were in the situation where they had small homes and a bad area with bad schools. So I plan to use this word because it was a big concern during the time.

The word in which I will be incorporating unto my discussions now is “Redlining and Residential Security maps”.. I have heard these words before but never had a clear meaning or understanding of what it really meant. As of now I know that it has a lot of meaning to the black community and there history in housing. It also has a lot to do with why blacks had such hard times with buy homes because of these two words.

After watching the video, a word I plan on using in my discussions is the term “Redlining”. Redlining is a discriminatory practice in which banks and other insurance companies refuse or limit loans within specific areas. This term is important as it goes to prove why Black people lived in certain conditions and why they were never able to afford a better place to live in with their families.

After watching the video I will plan on using “redlining” in my vocabulary.I could use it in a political argument explaining systematic racism.

I plan to incorporate specific words or phrases such as redlining.Redlining is detremential influences where foreign born people, low class whites, and “negroes” live. I plan to use this word when talking about housing segregation across America.

Redlining, redlining effects in schools,health,family wealth, and policing, Fair Housing Act of 1968

There were many topics that were covered in this video like: redlining, policing and the effects of profiling the black South African community, the wealth of the families, housing segregation and the effects that segregation had on the school in the different communities.

Some of the topics covered include housing segregation, racial inequality, redlining, racial discrimination.

Some topics were redlining, racial discrimination, housing segregation and racial inequality.

The topics that were covered in this video are Housing Segregation, the different housing segregation in school, wealth, policing, The national housing act of 1934, Home owner loan corporation, Residential security map, redlining, and the Fair housing act of 1968,

The following topics were covered in the video: Racial discrimination, Home Owner’s Loan Corporation, redlining, and housing.

Some topics covered in this video would be systematic racism, housing segregation, injustice, and redlining.

Some topics covered include redlining, housing segregation, wealth, schools, health aswell as policing and racial discrimination

I learned how the racial discrimination just within housing can have a large impact on black lives. It made me see in “Native Son” even further how hard Bigger’s mother was struggling to keep everything together. To make sure that her children succeeded even though they had poor education. To make ends meet and provide for her three children even though she got paid very little. To keep her family alive while living in those poor conditions. For “Black Boy” it made me see even more why it was a must for the young boy to defend himself from the gangsters on the corner. It made me understand why they were on the corner other than just because they may have been hopeless. There was a reason behind it. So it really opened my eyes up to a variety of meanings behind the characters’ actions.

Some things I learned were how racial discrimination and segregation effected housing and education to a point were the problems are still around. Learning this information allowed me to see more into the struggles that Bigger and his family had. I could see why it was so hard for them to get a decent job, or a good education past the 8th grade. It became even further evident why Bigger’s mom was struggling so hard to keep her family supported and with a roof over their head. The information I learned really helped me see what it was like to live in their time period.

I learned about what redlinging and housing segregation and the effects that it has on the different communties especially on the Black South African community. I would say that one way that this would help me better understand Native Son is with Bigger I feel that with the inforamtion that is given here about the segregation and racial profiling I feel like I better understand where most of Biggers anger is coming from. Now better understanding how they were separated from the others because of their skin color and treated badly as if they had done wrong I would be angery most of my time too. Knowing that there is injustice towards me and I did nothing to dserve it.

It is hard to believe how housing segregation even existed. I learned about how housing segregation was and the different laws that protected them. I didn’t know what that meant until after viewing the video. This helped me better understand Native Sone because white people would live in great areas and black people would live in areas with poor living conditions which would definitly cause anger. Throughout the story Bigger would demonstrate his anger towards white people because they would always receive better living conditions then them which was horrible because they never did nothing to deserve that type of unfairness and inequality.

I learned that racial discrimination impacted ¨Native Son¨ because in the novel, the mom would struggle with providing a roof over her family and it was difficult for Bigger to have a good education and a good job because of the racial discrimination.

This video made be become aware of house segregation and it effect on a black person life. I have always thought that it was all about racism and that’s why things were the way they were. I never saw that there were more laws in placed such as The National Housing Act of 1934 in order to give less and less opportunity to the blacks. I also wasn’t aware that housing had and impact to this. It also made me get a better understanding of Bigger mother and her struggle to provide. As they lived in poor condition with very little money. It also gave me a better insight as to the reason why Bigger only got to the level of education that he did and why he doesn’t want to continue. Also in Black boy you can see a mother struggles to provide for her family and this video made me understand why she pushed her son to be brave because she wants a better life for him and not a life of where he lives in fear.

I learned that theres information like this that really shows how theres still a lot of racism in our system today. Some of which also stood out in Native Son, when they were searching for Bigger and checking black communities. When thats blatant segregation of races and also doesnt make it easier for poc to be successful. This whole cycle of inequality causes anger and hurt in our society which was clearly shown when Mary killed Bigger on accident because he was afraid to get caught with her.

After watching the video, I was really able to understand with great clarity the causes and affects of redlining. In “Native Son” Bigger’s family doesn’t really have enough space for all them let alone the fact that Bigger’s mom is struggling to make sure that they stay together. I Realized that this was why Bigger’s mom wanted him to get the job with the Dalton’s so bad. Of course, the job would provide better income and the struggle of trying to maintain 3 kids would be less.

What I learned that helps me understand native son more is redlining and housing segregation because it gives me a better picture about where each racial and social group lives in and how they are treated by police which also gives me a better understanding on why different characters act a certain way in different areas

It is different because times were different. In this video, everything is modernized while in “Native Son” and “Black Boy” those were during the 1930’s. In the 1930’s regardless of your schooling you still weren’t going to be given a good position in the workforce. While in today’s times you could partially get somewhere. But they are the same in which the housing segregation has a train affect in your life.

This video relates to Native son in a way because the book takes place in the segregated side of Chicago which does touch one of the topics in the video. It differs in how it was clearly noticeable then but now the system(or who ever is behind redlining) just use different words to hide that type of segregation and try to cover up the fact that in some places it is segregated.

Even though the video allowed us to see what it was like back then, we still don’t have a full idea as the video focuses on how these old issues are still present now. Back then, you couldn’t really get out of the bad situation you were born in. You could get a job that allows you to somewhat comfortably get by, but nothing good enough to change your social standing. Nowadays, there are more opportunities. Like in Native Son, Bigger and his family were very lucky to get a job offer like the Daltons. Most people at that time would very rarely get a job that nice, especially with people who were willing to help them get a better education.

I would say that a similarity from the video to the book Native Son is that they both talk about segregation in this country and the effects that it has on the communities that are suffering from it. Another would be that they both talk about redlinig in the video it is more clear when it is being talked about but in the book it is not but that does not mean that it is not there. When in the book information about how Biggers home looked and then when it was talking about how the Daltons home looked it was talking about the differences between the two and it can be seen that the rich white family lived in a much more better condition than what Bigger and his family were living in. A difference between the two would be that in the novel the main focus is about the life of one blach american and his situation and in the video it is talking a community or better said it is talking about a whole country.

The video relates to Native Son because the whites would live in better areas and have better resources than the black people and in the video they also talk about how the whites were most likely to have better living conditions and to live in better neighborhoods.

The video relates to the texts and the videos because they showed the struggles that would happen at the time for example, segregation. But it differs, because the novel shows a perspective from one person and his struggles unlike the video, where it shows the struggles as a whole area.

I found that Redlining is very similar to Native Son because in Native Son Black people lived in very run down and underdeveloped areas. For example, Bigger and his family of three other people had to live in a very small apartment that was the size of a single room, and from the video, I understand that Redlining was the cause of so many Black peoples’ poor and uncomfortable living conditions. However, the video is also different from the poem “Ballad of a Landlord” because in the video the speaker states that “it is…much harder for a black person to get a mortgage or home loan than it is for a white person,” but in the poem, the black man is a resident of the home he is in which is contradicting.

The similarity between the Native Son and this video is that they both focus on segregation in the past. Even though in the video they mainly do more explaining than the book they still want to show the viewer the same issue the same thing. These two are different because one the time and location in which it takes places. It also is not focused on one person perspective on how they live but a group people and their community. Although we know that others in the the native son were also living in segregation we were only seeing Bigger life not theirs.

Housing segregation was obviously still relevant in the time of Native Son and contributed to getting Bigger caught. But even if he didnt live in a run down place he still wouldnt have been given that good of a job as a white man can get and still couldnt be as successful as someone with lighter skin. Even so as I said Housing Segregation still relates because it wouldve been easier for him not to get caught if the areas were integrated.

THis book relates becuase it has a setting of a segregated area such as the whites living in a better area than black people. This also differs by showing only the pov of one person and not what the whole society is expereincing

A similarity that was pretty obvious to me between the video and the book “Native Son” would be the topics touched and covered such as segregation or raacial discrimination. The main difference is the fact that the book talks about the life of Bigger and goes to show his character development. IN the book it really didn’t say much about the rest of the people who may have gone through the same thing or maybe something different. IN the video, it talks about a whole community of people and how they have sytruggled through all these vile acts and activities.

Some potential biases are that all of the speakers are black. So because they are going through the struggle they are more than likely going to advocate for change regardless if the facts are wrong or right. The speakers’ only credibility is that they live in that area. So they face the struggle, or see their people day in and day out going through the pain. It isn’t seen from different perspectives. Therefore it may not be entirely correct as the whole-spectrum isn’t seen it’s instead very one-sided.

The people who spoke in the video were all people who had been effected by the effects of redlining, and all were African American. Someone who was hispanic, or hadn’t experienced redlining or lived in a community that was redlined, may not have the same opinions or experiences. The main speaker of the video is more credible as he uses statistics and historical events to back up his reasoning. Some limitations I do see are that I don’t hear how redlining effected different ethnic groups in those neighborhoods, besides African Americans.

A potential bias is that the speaker of the video is a person of color which could at times affect the credibility of the video because he talks about the inequality that his community has been through and could be hard to avoid personal opinions. The speaker of the video is black male named Gene Demby. What gives this speaker credibility is that he talks based on his experiences because he has been through black neighborhoods and even interviewed some people. Demby only talks about from a certain perspective however we are not able to see other perspectives which leaves many questions unanswered or unclear.

I would say that there may be potential bias because as it is known we are all human and when we come to talk about something taht affect our own race or community then we all would normally have that bias thought in our head. In this case that is not always the center so in this case focusing on the persective of what information is given in the video there are primary sources that are used to prove the point that is trying to be made. Even though it may seen bias that because the one speacking is black and the information is about the crualty towards the black community what should be taken into account s is the speaker giving their opinions or is he just giving the facts.

It seems that the speaker was black but I am not sure. It seems like they were impacted by the situation. The credibility is that Demby is known for knowing about these topics such as race and culture. Questions that were not answered were that we don’t see the perspective of other people outside of the area. It would inform the audience better to know what was going on with other people.

A potential bias is that this video only speaks for one side of the main different races that lived in those areas. Many different opinions and voices were not heard so this would make the viewer thing his information isn’t valid. The speaker used historical events and laws and when I looked at his you tube channel I saw that he is known for knowing about segregation and the blacks history. The main question that I believe weren’t answered here was the how Redlining and all these other laws hat he stated affect other races other than the blacks. This made the video seem really bias.

Some biases would be that the speakers are black. That also gives the speakers credibility because theyre living those lives that are effected by House Segregation. The speaker Demby has a lot of knowledge on the topic. A limitation would be not having the perspective of someone who doesnt live in that area too.

There is potential for bias. Based on the voice I heard in the video, I would say the man was of color. Bias can occur either intentionally or unintentially. Hindsight bias coul dbe shown because we all have different beliefs and were each raised to believe certain ideologies. However, I have come to the conclusion that this is a credible source as the man had conducted interviews with different people but that does not mean that he was not bias. He only really showed his perspective on situations instead of giving the audience a perspective from every side and or angle.

A potential bias can be the speaker since he is a person of color.What gives them credibility is their knowledge and understanding of these topics. I dont see any issues with relevance or reliability. SOme questions not answered are why havent they stopped redlining aswell as why do people think redlining is good/bad.

A phrase that I plan to incorporate into my discussions now is “Federally Enforced Segregation”. This is when say for instance “redlining” was created and black Americans were excluded from certain living areas. That would be considered Federally Enforced Segregation as it was legal for this to happen and black Americans stayed in these positions for years. White Americans actually felt like Black people shouldn’t move into houses in white areas because they felt as if they would bring down the property value. So black Americans were forced to live in poor living conditions. This explains to me why in “Native Son” so many families had to live in one-bedroom apartments and couldn’t leave.

I plan to use both the phrase “federally enforced segregation” and “subprime loans” in my discussions. I find the phrase “federally enforced segregation” useful in discussions as it does accurately describe a lot of what was going on in the time period of Native Son and the other texts we read. The term “subprime loans” isn’t something I’ve heard of before, and I find it useful to know what it is.

A phrase that I plan to include in my discussion is “compounding interest.” I didn’t know what it meant. Compounding interest is the increasing of the price on an investment over time. I believe this phrase would be very useful in my discussion when i talk about the racial wealth gap.

I plan to incorporate specific words/phrases into my discussions such as federally enforced segregation. This would restrict people from areas because of the color of their skin. This is useful for discussions because there was discrimination against people of color in ¨Native Son¨.

A term that I have learn from the video is “subprime loans”. From the Merrian-Webster dictionary the defintion of this term is " having or being an interest rate that is higher than a prime rate and is extended chiefly to a borrower who has a poor credit score rating or high risk for defualt. I would use this term in discussions that take about the discrimination and injustice towards the Black Americans and other races in this country.

The new words in which I have learnt through watching this video were compound interest and subprime loans. Compound interest is when the price of an investment increase over the years. An subprime loan is a loan that starts off cheap and get expensive for borrower with lower credit. These words would incorporate into my discussions if I am every writing or speaking on a subject on wealth gaps or even loans.

Some words I plan to incorporate in my future discussions are compunding interest, federally enforced segregation and subprime loans. These are terms that I did not know about.

I plan to use federally enforced segregation becuase it can apply to native son and there was also discrimination.

The topics covered in this video are many such as racial wealth gaps, slavery, racial incomes, housing, redlining, loans, the increase and decrease of money over time, and discrimination and many others.

Some of the topics covered are racial wealth differences, housing and redlining, increases and decreases in the economy and its effects on wealth, how banks took advantage of new laws and societies, subprime loans, and slavery.

The topics covered include racial wealth gap, racial discrimination, compounding interest, racial incomes, redlining, and subprime loans.

Some topics covered were racial wealth gaps, racial discrimination, racial incomes, subprime loans and slavery.

The topics that were covered were, the racial wealth gaps in this country, discrimination towards black Americans, redlining, the New deal, ways to decrease wealth gaps, slavery, subprime loans.

The topic covered in this video are Redlining, Segregation, Racism, Discrimination, Compounding interest, Housing Discrimination, and Subprime Loans.

Some topics covered include racial wealth gaps, compound interest, subprime loans, and redlining loans

Like said in my first response it made me realize why in “Native Son” black Americans stayed in one bedroom apartments with big families. In “Black Boy” it made me understand why the little boy and his family just couldn’t move when she found that her son kept getting robbed. Instead she had to toughen him up. Another example is in “Ballad of the Landlord” by Langston Hughes, his white landlord didn’t care that he lived in an apartment with a leaky roof, and broken stairs. Black Americans were placed in poor living conditions.

Just like the first video, its increasingly clear why it was so hard for African Americans to better there life, especially during the time period of Native Son. The same issues are clear in other texts like the excerpt from Black Boy. It confused me at first why the mother insisted her son toughen up, but I can see that she was likely trying to look out for him. To prepare him for the cruel world that was so discriminatory against his race.

In the video I learned about the racial wealth gap between whites and black people. White people disliked black people moving into their neighborhood because they saw them as a threat in housing prices. There were many laws that were put into place that supported the separation of households between white and black people. This helps me better understand some of the texts we’ve read so far because it give me more knowledge on why white people usually lived in areas separate from black people.

In the video, I learned about racial wealth gaps between white and black people. This would prevent those of color to have equal income as white people. I don’t like how white people didn’t like black people having the same income and this helps to better understand texts because the white people would discriminate black people.

Something that I learned like Alison said was how difficilt it was and still is to have a better life. This helps me better understand Bigger from Native Son more because he was given a great opportunity to grow and how a good job but things happened and because of his skin color there was no way for him to fight because he was already convicted because of his skin color.

The information I learned helped me understand the racial wealth gap between white people and black people and how black people had a rough time trying to just get by and live their lives. This actually reminded me of the poem “Ballad of the landlord” and the book ’Native Son" because in both, they had struggles with their living situations. Especially in “Ballad of the landlord” when the black male kept telling his landlord everything that had been happening in his home and the landlord simply ignored him and shrugged him off as if he were nothing.

Some information I learned in the video that better helps me understand native son is racial wealth gaps which prohibits people of color to have the same income as whites due to their color of their skin

The information in this video helped me better understand how badly the whites fought for the blacks to stay below them. This also helped me understand how and why Bigger and his family live the way they do. They aren’t allowed to live near the white and even if they were they wouldn’t be able to afford it due racial wealth gaps and little to no educations.

In both this video and “Ballad of the Landlord” by Langston Hughes,they share this idea of black Americans living in poor houses compared to white environments. They differ in while the poem describes how that put the character in jail,the video only talks about the wealth gap.

In both this video, and the previous one, they connect to the themes in “Ballad of a Landlord” where the housing African Americans lived in were terrible. They couldn’t do anything about their living conditions either, as they couldn’t buy better housing either because they were too poor, or real estate agents refused to sell to them. One difference is how in “Ballad of a Landlord” there is also a focus on how easily it was for African Americans to be arrested and put in jail for the simplest of crimes, while the video focuses mainly on housing and wealth.

This video relates to the texts we´ve read because it shows how black people had poor homes and white people didn´t. The difference is that the texts have a different focus compared to this video because this video focuses on housing and income inequality.

Well this video relates to To many of the texts and to the Book Native Son because of the fact of all the discrimination that is shown in the texts and and in the video. Even through the discrimination in the different text and in the video just because they are all protrayed in different ways it does not mean that they were not discrimination.

This video relates to Native Son because in the video they talk about housing segregation which is something that was also talked about throughout the story. In Native Son white people always lived in the best area and the black people always lived in the worst area. Black people were always required to live in an area designated especially for them. It was very rare to see a black person in a white neighborhood unless he/she was a worker for the white people.

This related to the poem “Ballad of the Landlord”. As I stated in my previous statement, the black male would continuously try to talk to his landlord about everything that was going bad in his home so he could go fix it but the landlord simply did not care. The video and the poem both discuss housing situations and how it affects people of color.

This video relates to the text becuase racial wealth gaps exist within native son and there is alot of discrimination aswell. It differs by the different focuses on the book and the video

In “Ballad Landlord” it talks about how a person experience due to the wealth gap and housing and in the video it showed and talked about different variety on the racial wealth gap. They are both similar because they are both based off racial discrimination and it effects on others.

I feel as though this would be credible source. It included not just black Americans but also white Americans who have been on the other side of things and still see the racial inequalities. Not only this, but the speakers were actually experts who talked about the US as a whole and not just people who live in one specific place.

Some potential biases would be that people would say its fake and say that such thing does not exist because they don’t want to see the reality of things. The speakers in the video are Merhrsa Baradaran, Cory Booker, Thomas Shapiro and the narrator. Their credibility comes from what they have studied for and their resources. No the issues that they discussed are all relevant and reliable. A question that they did not answer is what is a possible solution for the racial wealth gap.

I consider the source credible, given they get there information from a variety of sources from different races and locations. Of course there is always a chance some of the speakers/sources may have been biased, but there is plenty of information from more than one perspective that can keep the information credible.

It seems like this is a credible source because it shows perspective from white and black people. There were speakers who are experts that talked about the perspective of the nation. Questions that were not answered were what was the solution to fix this.

A potential bias I noticed in this video was the speaker said foreign-born people and low-class whites also lived in the red zone but he didn’t talk about them at all.

I would say that the video is cridible. I say this because yes there may be some bias from where the information came from but in a whole the information was clear in stating facts and people from both racasis to support that. So in that case it would be credible.

I believe that this source is credible because it is seen from different perspectives which include the white and the black people. They also provide with statistics and interviews with people who talk about their experience. A question that remained unanswered is what could be done to end the racal wealth gap.

This is a credible source because unlike the forst video, this one showed the perspective of both the white people and the black people which I believe could help prevent any bias.

This source is credible becuase information has been recieved from various sources. Some speakers may have been biased but due to the sources from different perspectives this source is credible

I believe that this is a credible source because it content historical factor, people who know and studied issue like this, and is shown from different perspectives, the white and blacks. I don’t believe that there are some bias because of the use of different perspectives and information on the issue. I believe that a way to improve the wealth gap was not really stated or answered in this video but only how it has failed.

I plan to incorporate the two words, Roxie, Mississippi. This was a Southern State, and in the south racism was a still is a really big thing that occured. Meaning that Wright possibly faced his own racial inequalities especially because he was born in 1908. So in him writing his pieces of work he understood the struggle.

I plan to use “racial violence” in the following discussions. I have decided to incorporate because although the impacts of racial violence were much more frequent back in the day, it still impacts the colored community and I believe that racial violence is something that should be discussed in class since it has had a huge impact this year.

When discussing about Richard Wright I plan to keep him hometown in mind, as its likely one of the things that inspired his writing. Especially as he grew up in the southern part of the country where the racial issues were arguably worse than in the north.

I plan to use the word “expatriate” in my discussion. This is a word that is used to describe a person who has moved from their native country. Richard Wright felt the need to move out of the country as he became delusional with the Communist Party and white America I believe many African Americans who were tired of how they were treated would prefer to leave the country. Wright felt it was better move out to Paris.

I phrase “racial violence againsst black people” is something that I know what it maens and I understand it but I have not used it in my discussions yet I believe. So this will be something that I will used because it is something that has an great impact because it is something that in most of the texts that we are talking about in class.

I plan to incorporate specific words/phrases into my discussions such as racial violence.Iit is important to discuss about racial violence especially because of the BLM movement and its impact.This movement happened to protest against incidents of police brutality and all racially motivated violence against black people.

I plan to incorporate racial violence into my discussions because it is something going on for many years and it can have an impact on the discussion

The words I plan to use in my discussion are expatriate, poverty and naturalistic fiction.

The words I would use are voracious, racial violence because they are words that described his life and can be used when talking about similar or issues that he wrote about. A word that I didn’t know was exemplary and it means a representation of something

Single Mother, Education, Jim Crow South, Dreams

Childhood, poverty, education, Great Depression, communism, inspiration

Some topics covered include: Poverty, education, The Great Depression, Wealth, inequality,communism,and discrimination.

Some topics that were covered: education, Poverty, The great depression,the communist party, and Amereican literature.

Some topics covered include racial discrimination, achievements, education, and wealth.

Some topics that covered were education, poverty, the communist party and American literature.

Some topics covered include childhood, educaation, poverty, and wealth

A couple of topics that were covered are poverty, education, amaerican capitalism, The great Depressions, wealth, inequality, and inspirations for writing.

The topics that were covered in this passage are education, childhood, dreams, Great Depression, Successes, Poverty and the Communist Party

The fact that Wright was alive and actually living during Jim Crow. This makes me understand that he went through his own injustices. He even claimed that in him writing “Black Boy” it offered a “moving account of his childhood youth in the South”. So everything in “Native Son” he really related to Bigger, he knew the pain.

Now that I have learned more about Wright and now I can see the comparison between him and Bigger. This helps me see how Wright felt throughout his life and how hard his life was growing up. I also realized that he was apart of many things such as the Communist Party.

After reading about Wright, I can see how both Black Boy and Native Son relate to his past experiences. Especially as Black Boy was his own autobiography. Knowing that both novels likely featured situations of inequality/injustice that he went through himself is interesting, and makes the novel so much more intriguing.

The information I learned that helps me understand the novel native son and some other of his writings is that everything he writes about when it comes to segregation,discrimination,inequality and all of those topics he had the first hand experience he didn’t not just write it from another person perspective but his own and we can see how he manipulates the characters to probably show his feelings on things.

With the information that was given about Wright I can better understand where the whole story is coming from. I can see that the novel is more personal to Wright because it has to do with something that was happening all around him during his life time and he used that for inspiration.

I learned about about Richard Wright who is the author of Native Son and of Hunger. It always good to know about the authors life because the author may sometimes but themselves into the position of one of the characters. Like in this case Bigger Native Son. Based on his autobiography I noticed that he went thought similar situations like the ones Bigger went through.

I learned about the background of the novel. In the video, you can tell that Wright has a personal connection because it has a relationship with him growing up and decided to write it into a novel. It helps understand the novel better because I now know the background of ¨Native Son¨.

Some information learned that has helped me better understand native son includes that he has experionce those types of events whihc somewhat give him a bias on them and I can better understand where he is coming from

In this article I learnt more about the author of Black boy and Native Son. I learnt about his struggles as a child and an adult and this helped me understand the text more and what inspired it.

After reading about Richard Wright, I have come to realize that all of his experiences were his inspiration to write Native Son. The main character in his book, Bigger, is very much similar to him. Besides Native Son, all of his other work is based of of real life experiences, things that he has seen happen. Getting to know him really provides clarity around his literature work and why he did what he did.

It relates in which in this and in “Native Son” and “Black Boy” they all face racial discrimination. I wouldn’t say that there are any differences because all of those characters were based off of Wright and his experiences.

This relates to his novel “Native Son” because it shows all of his struggles and the types of racial discrimination that he had to go through. Although most of the things that he wrote in his novel related to him on a personal level. There were no differences to me when I read the biography and novel since it demonstrates how relatable the novel was to him.

The text relates to both Native Son and Black Boy as both texts were based off of his own experiences in America. I couldn’t see any differences between the novels and the biography as the two novels were based on his own experiences.