Experience vs. Attitude Towards Jews

At one point in the book, Wright begins to describe the ways in which he would entertain himself during the long days when his mom was at work. This included the act of running with other children to different Jews within the community and making fun of them, either through names or through malicious chants. He explains this behavior by saying that it is part of his heritage to have this kind of attitude towards the Jews and make fun of them in this way. From this context, he seems to be doing to the Jews what white people would do to him, however he has not had to experience that kind of treatment (at least not as far as the book has described) so he may not know how it truly feels to be made fun of for differences in race, creed or religion. Once he begins to experience more racial pressures in his life, I think he would begin to regret those acts and realize how wrong they were, but for now they were just a way to entertain him on long days.