Read the passage from black boy. “it’s not for me,” my mother was saying. “it’s for your children that i’m asking you for money.” “i ain’t got nothing,” my father said, laughing. “come here, boy,” the strange woman called to me. i looked at her and did not move. “give him a nickel,” the woman said. “he’s cute.” wright most likely included this anecdote in order to
illustrate his mother's optimistic point of view.
clarify his father's relationship with another woman.
prove the state of his father's financial security.
demonstrate his father's dismissive treatment.

The above excerpt from the text is included in order to demonstrate his father's dismissive treatment.

Explanation:

Richard Wright's "Black Boy" is an autobiographical account of his early life in the Jim Crow South from 1912 - 1927. And the passage in the question is of when Richard's mother had taken him to his father's place to ask for money. But his father, Nathaniel Wright doesn't seem to take them seriously, nor his responsibilities as the head of the family. Instead, he is openly living with another woman and deserted his family. The passage is intended to show his dismissive treatment of his own son and in general, his family and their needs.

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Explanation:

Demonstrate his father's dismissive treatment

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