"In number 666-983, indictment for murder, the sentence of the court is that you, Bigger Thomas, shall die on or before midnight of Friday, March third, in a manner prescribed by the laws of this state."(417)
If Bigger was a white man they may have let him off with life in prison or maybe even something lighter then that, but because back in these days whites and blacks were segragated the role of hatred played in his sentencing. Whites hated blacks just because of their color and becuase a black person committed a crime they would throw anyhing on top of it to make it so he would have. If Bigger didn't act so Listless about things towards the end maybe he could have gotten life in prison, but his hate for whites and how they were treating him overtook hi thoughts and he stopped caring about how things would turn out.
Biggers race connected with the hatred the white people had for him. Him being black was a big disadvantage for him in court. If he wasn't black they wouldn't have tried to pin rape on him or mobbed out in front of the courtroom like they did.
