African Americans and the concept of acceptance in the American Society

Abstract

Richard Wright and Amiri Baraka are prominent authors who addressed the challenges encountered by African Americans in their quest for happiness. This paper aims to elucidate the concept of assimilation and its implications for African Americans. To achieve this objective, a qualitative synthesis approach was utilized to collect pertinent information. The paper incorporates insights on assimilation from a sociological perspective. Through an analysis of the works of Richard Wright and Amiri Baraka, it was determined that African Americans, in their process of assimilation, are often compelled to make numerous compromises to gain acceptance within white society.