THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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Question
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Langston Hughes states, “I would like to be white, “ because he does not want to “climb that tall racial mountain as a Negro.”
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Langston uses the metaphorical mountain to explain why it is better to be a white poet in a white society.
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Langston uses the metaphorical mountain to explain racial obstacles people have to overcome in their life.
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Langston uses the metaphorical mountain to explain why he says, “I want to be a poet, not a Negro poet.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Through his poetry, novels, plays, essays, and children’s books, he promoted equality, condemned racism and injustice, and celebrated African American culture, humor, and spirituality.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hurston’s account demonstrates that the desire to transcend racial categorization may reveal a desire to regain innocence, a desire to practice one’s craft free from the recriminating awareness of, at best, a climate of critical animosity, or, at worst, presumptions of inferiority.
Detailed explanation-3: -Notes Hughes, “this is the mountain standing in the way of any true Negro art in America-this urge within the race toward whiteness, the desire to pour racial individuality into the mold of American standardization, and to be as little Negro and as much American as possible.”
Detailed explanation-4: -What is the message of I, Too by Langston Hughes? The message of “I, Too” by Langston Hughes is that all people are equal and should have a place at the “table.” The final four lines also emphasize the theme that black is beautiful.