Richard's anger at his Uncle

Richard is this chapter is trying to get a part time job to earn some money. He finds a couple jobs with families, but they turn out to not be what he was looking. The places that he is at treat him in a way that he does not approve of. The white families automatically think that Wright is beneath them and has no reason to succeed in life. They think he stills and has an attitude just because he is black. However, the bigger part of this chapter is the fight between his Uncle Tom and him. Uncle Tom in the early morning asks Richard for the time. Richards responds with the time and his uncle feels that Richard is being “sassy” and rude. Uncle Tom threatens to teach him a lesson. However, as we know Wright does not take kind to people who want to beat him. Richard is mad that his Uncle is trying to shape him into something that he doesn’t want to be, and his uncle is trying to do this by using force. Richard’s anger in my mind is legit, and he had the right to challenge his Uncle.