Jews

It seems as though most of the racial tensions in Wright's life have to do with his heritage. People aren't born inherently racist- he demonstrates this when he describes the "white" and "black" people in parentheses, such as the part where the white man beats the black boy and Wright assumes that it is because the man is the boy's father. Same with the Jews- though he isn't in contact with too many Jews except the store owner and his family. In fact, he even saysthat the reason that he felt such racism against Jews is because it had been taught in his religion. Jews were considered "Christ-killers" and there was a lot of anti semitism at the time. Also, he felt the divisions of race very strongly because he was beginning to feel the divisions between himeslf and white people. The fact that Jews are generally white also probably caused him to feel more distant from them than if they were black. The fact that he was scapegoated and blamed for things as a black caused him to want to put someone else below him, which is human nature, so he did that to the Jews.