the problem of humanity

in this chapter, particularly in this passage, Wright is incredibly insightful. he goes beyond what has been said in this book so far - he goes beyond all that race holds between people - all the negativity and suffering and distance it causes this world. he goes beyond that. wright states " i know that not race alone, not color alone, but the daily values that give meaning to life stood between me and those white girls with whom I worked. Their constant outward - looking, their mania for radios, cars, and a thousand other trinkets made them dream and fix their eyes upon the trash of life." so all that has been said up until now in this book has more or less been about how race effects the world. but there is much greater problem of humanity. what sets people apart are their daily values, are their purposes in life, of their hopes. for so much of America is hungry for, they put their eyes upon trash. they put their eyes upon things, upon immoral ideas. and things that wright values - real things, emotions, simple natural movements of the world - other people dont see. and these other people push him down at the same time and make him less than them. americans are hungry for the wrong things - sex, drugs, radios, cars, electronics, and trinkets of all sorts. and they miss all that wright speaks of - what is real. they miss meaning. that is the problem of humanity.