Hughes writing really highlighted the racism of the South. Some of his poems seem to get very personal with the pictures he paints with his words. I wander if some of his troubles from the FBI wasn't due to the South's politics?
Hughes seems to be one that exposes the hard truth. It would do our country good if the news cast put the raw, hard, truth on tv. Topics such as the war on terror, the genocide in East Africa, and even the AIDS epidemic in our country.
In "I, Too", Hughes seem to captivate my attention and put me in the place of the young man that wants to sit at the table. He reaches your emotions and makes you think, hey what if this was me? Would I want to leave the room?
His writings opened my eyes and made me think about the horrible past of the South. Poems such as Mulatto, Song for a Dark Girl, and Silhouette, Hughes reminds me of the hangings and puts into perspective that these men in these poems were hanged for doing some of the same things that everyone does--falls in love. No doubt the "Southern Girl" played half the role in the relationship, yet she is always protected!
The poem Democracy really said what needed to be said. It don't matter how much you talk about equal rights, it don't matter what you in teed to do about it, until action is taken it does the oppressed man no good! We have to move forward with our fellow citizens and get along with all races.
As I was reading, I noticed Hughes brought up praying to a "white" Jesus. Jesus was not white nor black since he was Jew. He was more red. In those times if some of his followers would have had their way, the only race that would have a chance would be the Jew. So if Christ loved all races-- why can't we?
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