Overcoming Diversity In America

The poetry of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen both focus on the idea that African Americans are deeply impacted by the issue of racism in the 1920’s America. This concentration on the issue of racism can be seen in poems “I, Too” published in 1926 by Langston Hughes and “Incident” published in 1925 by Countee Cullen. These poems are extremely similar in the way that they use the image of a particular incident to point out this societal flaw. In “I Too” Hughes uses the allegorical example of an African American being sent away from the table: “I am the darker brother. / They send me to eat in the kitchen/ When company comes, / But I laugh, / And eat well, / And grow strong” (Hughes 2-7).

Robinson represented a symbolic figure for black America in the matter and his voice and influence helped prosper the sentiment of independent black voters who are beholden only to themselves and other blacks. His action provided an important ideological benchmark that was echoed by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1958, stating that he was not inextricably bound to either party. Robinson acted as a catalyst for the change in political affiliation and proved instrumental in re-establishing black votership through peace. Robinson further quipped about his independence, stating, “It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated”, demonstrating a palpable awareness that his role as a baseball player was hollow if he could not

The NAACP changed lives and helped african americans not be view certain way. In today’s time The african american culture has stepped up so much in fighting for what’s right, but not in a violent way. It was not always good for african americans but they’d always find a way to make it work. Not all people are on the same viewpoint for african americans most still see them and cruel and unequal human beings, but there is nothing

Langston Hughes was a poet well known for his Harlem Renaissance poetry. "I, Too" by Langston Hughes is a wonderful example of a piece of poetry from this time period. Hughes speaks of a Negro who is not equal to the whites of the household, and when company comes calling, he is not allowed to sit at the table as their equal but instead has to eat in the kitchen. The powerful tone of the poem shows how much the narrator dislikes this form of discrimination, but is not going to throw too big of a fuss. Instead, he patiently waits for the day when he, too, can sit at the table with whites when company comes calling.

With freedom comes power and great responsibility not just for an individual but with everyone to whom that person has contact with, alongside to this it also brings self-righteousness and greed. David Brooks relies his accusations on vanity, in my opinion this makes complete sense. Humans have a predisposition to believe that the absolute truth is the one that they know or understand and there is no way around it. This behavior is only cemented when their leaders don’t lead by example and prefer to avoid informing their followers about important issues and historical facts that they should be proud of. From my research I’ve come to know that Americans are left in the dark so many times by their leaders that it should be no surprise when these people start to speculate about the truth because it is a natural human

In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the American Dream is present; however it is very hard for one to achieve. Hawthorne and Hughes both display two completely different perspectives on the American Dream. Hughes portrays his perspective on the American Dream by saying it is nonexistent. People nation-wide have the idea that America is the land of opportunity or that everyone is equal. Hughes does not think this.

The speaker, who works in the household, is sent out of the kitchen, which demonstrates how oppression in American society that excludes Black Americans. (LD) Black Americans do the same labor as the workers Whitman suggests. However, Hughes critiques that the building up step of the American Dream is not available to everyone, especially Black Americans. (AI) Whitman argues that to achieve American success, one just has to take action and work hard, but Hughes emphasizes that Black Americans are limited to the access of this dream. Although oppression holds down Black Americans, Hughes uses “But I laugh, / And eat well, / And grow strong” to reveal how this exclusion causes them to build themselves as a resistance.

America is known for its revolution and its civil war. The history of America is mostly painted in positive light, but many choose to ignore the negatives. African Americans prior to the 1950s did not fight back to their oppressor however, that quickly changed. The civil rights movement began in 1954 to confront the racial discrimination of African Americans here in the USA. Before these protests and marches occurred, and even during, African Americans were force to endure countless amounts of abuse and segregation from many public areas.

Hughes begins the poem declaring, “I, too sing America. I am the darker brother” (Poets.org) indicating that singing was a part of his voice to bring freedom to African Americans. However, when another skin color visits the plantation, he was dismissed from their presence and was sent to eat in the kitchen. Hughes did not let the racial profiling get the best of him. He says, “But I laugh, eat well, and grow stronger tomorrow” (Poets.org).

What he is saying is that it is a waste of time to value capitalistic ideologies, for example, wealth and fame. He implies that we are so wrapped up in our unnecessary desires that it just clouds our minds with things that really aren't important. By giving into temptations one has lost the ability to have self control. Epicurus tells us that when it comes down to it we will always pick things that bring us pleasure. He says what we don't think about is that a lot of our decisions we have made in hopes of the pleasure we were looking for only caused us pain in the end.

Finally, the opposition are those people who consist of arrogant and inconsiderate human beings who believed slavery was ok and that it would greatly help boost the means of production for the country and help those people with large plantations and business to get jobs and other tasks done. Many officials, leaders, and individual owners did not submit to degradation or in other words they believed that white males were of greater superiority than any African American person. This way of life or belief created a misconception of what the U.S. was supposed to be all about and made many other countries look down on the U.S. because of the way they were using practically free labor. It would have been very different if these laborers were treated fair and did work because everyone needs a job to support their