Is Wright justified in refusing to say the speech?

i definitely think Wright is justified in refusing to say the speech. a major theme right now in this book is authority vs. what is right. basically a translation of the question that i am answering - is it right for Wright to sell out to the system of the inferiority that whites put on blacks? is it right for wright to sell out to the white system along with many of the other students and this principal? wright is being threatened whether he graduates or not to say this speech. but what is more important to him, his dignity or his safety/protection/image of the school. wright refuses to be inferior, to dehuminize himself in order to physically survive, to make himself less than he is because the white dominated world around him wants him to. he is justified. because though his external world is threatened, the dignity within him remains - he knows he is nothing but who he is inside. his morals, his values remain.