Wright’s cultural heritage was the major factor to his disliking of Jews. However, relating this to his own experiences is kind of tough. Religion was strongly forced in the home, mainly because of Wright’s Granny. She was really strong about religion in general, but she knows information about many religions and tells the information to Wright. Wright is basically told that the Jews are the ones who killed Jesus. Growing in the black community and knowing just what he was told in the community, Wright had no choice but to believe what he was told. It is not like he was getting information about religion and other cultures from people of other ethnic groups.
I believe that Wright understands that racism is not right, however, he believes that the Jews crucified Jesus. The bad thing about this is that Wright is taking this negative implication and holding it against all Jews. I truly do not think that ALL Jews should have to deal with his dislike just because of what he has been taught.
I am not exactly sure if I am actually answering this question like I am suppose to. I do know that racism was something that was not influenced in Wright’s home. I do not believe that his mother and Granny actually told him not to like Jews because of this, but because of the fact he was taught that the Jews killed Christ, it is kind of just an extinct and immediate reaction to the information. Due to this, Richard has an issue with being nice to the Jewish storekeeper.
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