Before we began reading Native Son, we were told this book had caused an outrage among certain communities due to its telling of African American oppression in the 1940s. Many thought Richard Wright could have done a better job by telling a story where colored folk were shown as rising above, transcending, this oppression, but he took a risk and was successful. What do you guys see as the most controversial points in this book from what we've read? Do any of you believe that the gruesome murder of Mary Dalton had something to do with this controversy?
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