Langston Hughes Mr. Langston Hughes was born in the state of Missouri in 1902. He was an accomplished writer at a young age and somewhat of a world traveler. Many would think that he was abandoned by his parents at a young age, which left him wanting more. Langston wrote many poems about blacks in America and the racism he experienced. He describes too many of his readers as not okay with racism, but would have adapted if he were too. My goal in this article is to show readers how Langston's poems are connected to the racism he faced every day and the struggles he had to overcome to achieve the American dream. In the poem “Harlem” Hughes discusses what happens to a person's dream of being successful. He was discouraged by the slow pace of the slavery of equality. In the poem he lets the readers know that he believes in America, even though he was African American, and that he is discriminated against. Hughes tells readers that he was sent to the kitchen to eat. This gives readers a signal that segregation exists. However, he also lets the readers know that he's okay with it, he laughs about it, and he knows that the situation will make him stronger. In the next verse he lets us know that he won't always be like this, and one day he will eat with everyone else and not be sent to the kitchen. In the same verse, Hughes tells readers that once the racists realize what they have done, they will regret it. In the literary analysis Bouchard states that "He is confident that one day people will see how 'beautiful' he is and will be ashamed of their former prejudices" (no page). The biggest meaning that Hughes tells readers in this poem is that he is confident even though he is facing adversity. In this poem he discusses how the instructor gives him the assignment to write about what is true for him. Hughes tells readers that he can write the article, but his truth will not be the truth of his teacher or his classmates. He tells readers that he is the only African American in class. He indicates to his readers that the people in his class, nor the instructor, will not be able to identify with his truth. Hughes states that the college is located on a hill, which symbolizes how it is looked down upon. Langton Hughes lets readers know that he likes the same thing that other similar people are not the same race, but to him that is America. He wonders if his assignment will be evaluated differently, because his truth is "Harlem." In the next stanza he mentions that even though the instructor might evaluate his paper differently, he is still a part of his teacher, as his teacher is a part of him. For Hughes this is America, without racism or segregation. In Zarlengo's literary analysis he states that “America, our narrator states, is all its parts. All its parts are its people: you are America” (no page). This poem shows the reader that Hughes knows that even though he faces segregation every day, along with racism, he knows that one day it won't always be this way