Uncle Tom

Is it just me, or is oddly suspicious that our young black boy trying to break out of racial stereotypes and boundaries has an uncle Tom? Anyway, Wright is so furious with his uncle because the man is trying to interfere with Wright's way of life without having any say in it. Wright accepted the beatings of his parents because they were responsible for him, and (to a lesser degree) the beatings of his grandmother for similar reasons. What rankles him greatly about his uncle, and his aunt as well, is that they have no real stake in his life, no responsibility for his life, and give no aid to his life, and yet expect to run his life. This so fundamentally goes against Wright's views of himself and of his nuclear family that he has no choice but to fight back. Another reason that Wright is so frustrated with the incident in this chapter is that his uncle seems to be merely  finding a pretext to beat him rather than actually having a reason. Wright is not being disrespectful (although I am not sure, not hearing his tone of voice), and yet his uncle takes offense and decides to beat him. Illogical beatings are not beating Wright believes he has to take lying down.