Richard Wright’s Overcoming Racial Injustice through Haiku

Richard Wright’s Overcoming Racial Injustice through Haiku

The racial injustice is manifest aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. Then, how should people react to this unrest racial conflict? There are various responses on this issue from social movement in the social network to protests on the street. However, Richard Wright confronted this matter in a different way. He put an effort to overcome all the hatred and anger and expressed through his writing. In fact, Wright is well known as prose writer; however, he composed more than 4000 haiku at the end of his life. Through his haiku, Wright shows an attitude that he transcend all the difficulties and seeks harmony and balance through nature. Therefore, this paper will explore Wright’s overcoming racial injustice through new genre, haiku. Wright accused the racial conflict in a non violent way by using haiku. Furthermore, Wright overcomes such difficulties through nature as well. This attitude is still worth in this racial unrest times.