Wright’s moral dilemma about stealing

Wright Has a moral dilemma about stealing because if he steals he fits in the standard mold of southern Blacks, but if he doesn’t steal it will take him a long time to acquire the money necessary to leave the south.
Wright values his individuality and his sense of self. He sees himself as a person trapped between a rock and a hard place. He wants to avoid the stereotype of his race, but in southern society there is little way for him to do so while amassing the required resources to leave the south.
In his place I think I would end up stealing as well because it’s the only opportunity available to people in his class. It doesn’t make stealing right, but in a community where the Whites hold down the blacks so tightly, there is little else he can do. It was a hard decision that plagued him to tears, but it was the only way to make it out of the south alive so I think that Wright was justified in his actions.