Native Son works as a thought experiment. Wright really did predict a now common prototype of the disaffected, violent young black male.
Funny you should mention Native Son. I just ordered American Hunger on my kindle. He was a great writer and not overly kind to his black family anymore than to the whites who oppressed him.
Norman Podhoretz when a youth was already familiar with violent, black males in the the '20s and '30s. Fifty years ago he wrote a long essay about the trials of Jews being harassed and beaten by black males almost 80-90 years ago.
It led to him eventually being ostracized by the lib/leftist fraternity for telling the truth. After a notable literary career as a liberal he wrote "Breaking Ranks" the story of his leaving the left and the reasons why.