Freedom balancing Power

Richard Wright stated “through the years they grew into an overreaching symbol of fear.” My initial reaction to this statement is these individuals do not have any freedom. But what is freedom? Freedom is the ability to express your ideas and feelings without the fear of being taunted and terrorized. Through this freedom of expression people can achieve satisfaction. The morning class, added to my perspective of freedom. Freedom is the ability to have equal rights as a different group of people in that same society. It empowers an individual to feel superior. In this situation Richard is robbed of freedom. The Jim Crow laws have inaugurated tremendous amounts of trepidation in colored individuals. This causes them to stay submissive to the white race. It also shows the perspective of white people. The white race is afraid of black people being superior through education, financial and political stature. This can corrupt the power that the white race has for many years.