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RACIAL EQUALITY
Through the eyes of Langston Hughes
“The sweltering summer of the Negros legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality” (Quotes 3). Ever since the abolishment of slavery in America, African-Americans have spent decades struggling for racial equality. In a time when small steps were being taken to make a realization of the dream of racial equality, Langston Hughes, a poet during the Harlem Renaissance, chose poems as venue to spark interest in this dream by more than African-Americans. ... This poem is about the dream of racial equality. ... I think the use of these specific images helps the reader realize the importance of rectifying the issue of racial inequality by giving them a visual aide of the outcome if not rectified. ... If the dream of racial equality is not realized it may explode like a bomb or more realistically the explosion could be a great movement for the cause. ... Nevertheless it is one of many poems Hughes wrote to expose the wrongs of racial inequality. ... The poems focus as many of Hughes poems is racial equality. ... The second stanza gives an example of the racial inequalities of the early 1900s. ... This poem is another illustration of the wrongs of racial inequality as portrayed by Hughes. ... The poem is another attempt by Hughes to display the wrongs of racial inequality in the life of the Negro. ... This is yet another illustration of the racial inequalities that Hughes felt must be recognized in order to be rectified. ... Having been a victim of poverty and discrimination, Hughes wrote about being seduced by the American Dream of freedom and equality only to be denied its realization (Hudson 1).
Approximate Word count = 1281
Approximate Pages = 5.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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