Week 1 Blog Assignment

“I, Too” by Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes American
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.

Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--

I, too, am America. 


Langston Hughes' approaches this poem of many expressing feeling toward dealing with inequality in America. He expresses having darker skin and because of that darker skin being treated unequal, because of it. "Being sent to the kitchen to eat" symbolizes the direct segregation that was valid at the time the poem was written, where people of "darker skin" where not treated as Americans fairly but that of less than human. Hughes expresses how he deals with that situation of being treated unequal, By "eating well and becoming strong" meaning dealing with the situation and becoming stronger as a person or man. He states that eventually he will have that opportunity of equality there wont be a time of segregation and being treated less than human so no one will challenge the human right that he has as an American and not based the color of his skin, and in that very time people would see his true value and beauty for who he is and not by the color of his skin.
This poem expresses the deep expression not just for a man of color but for anyone no matter the gender or race who was or is treated unequal. It expresses that beauty is with in a person and not because of how they look or what they believe and also their gender because we all have an American and human right because we where all born equal to one another, with no person being greater of better than the last, and that beauty is in each and everyone of us, you just have to be strong and realize it. Even with people treat you as if your less that human, rise above hate and know the true value of yourself and those around you.