A reaction to "The Ethics Of Living Jim Crow: An Autobiographical Sketch" by Richard Wright

The section of Richard Wright's essay we read in class recounted the experience of Wright being beaten by white men. He talks about having a flat tire on his paper route. A few white men in a truck pulled up and offered to give him a ride into town. One of the men offered Wright a drink. Wright said no thankyou, but was promply hit with a bottle and thrown off the moving truck. He fell into his bike's wheels cutting his shins badly. The men gabged up on him and baraded him with slurs and more violence. In the end the men leaft wright bleeding with a broken bike and the warning that he could have been killed by a white man for not adressing a him with sir. This axount was less about actual jim crow laws and more about the experiences blacks indured because jim crow laws provided a mask for abusw of blacks to be preformed under. To hear someone recall such a traumatic and shocking incident someone experienced as a child was painful. Almost more painfull was the tone of voice the essay was written in, that these events were commonplace, normal, acceptable. The subject comes off as disgusting to me, yet as a human who considers such things so morally wrong I feel both intrigued and responsible for learning and not ignoring the reality of what happened during the years of slavery, segregation, and discrimination. I hope that I can realize the pains these people went through to my best of ability. Doing so through a lens of respect, morning, and empathy. Without disrespecting any of my other classmates or peers and with respect for everyone's views.

Philosophy In Many Words

So... I guess this is the part where I spew my infinite knowledge of life and its many microcosms, in some attempt to explain the principles and views I operate on. I feel like those expectations are a bit high, and none the less if I did somehow succeed in doing the before mentioned. How would it be any benefit to you? Any piece of writing or art I have ever thought was "life changing" I either forgot or lost interest in. If I where to explain my philosophy, or what I thought was a philosophy I know it would be different the next day. So to start off this "philosophy" of mine I will use the utmost vague ideas and concepts so they will stand true for me for some time, and hopefully you too.

1.The universe is infinite, every combination of things exists. From everything to nothing, that's the beauty of infinite things.

2.Anything and everything is possible. "But Spencer. That's not true, I cant fly"-You. My advice, see idea 1 and think up some way for your situation to become true. Trust me, If you spend enough time imagining eventually you'll come up with something.

Now that we have those two EXTREMELY broad concepts across I will bless you with some advice, it may not be good advice but I would have given it to myself a year ago.

1. Tell people you love them.
2. Mean it!
3. Find those people and spend time with them.
4. Be kind.
5. You don't need to always think about everything.
6. In the great words of the neo-psychedelic band Tame Impala, "Let It Happen"

My Philosophy