DOC 2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Intersectionality, Langston Hughes
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Let america be america again - langston hughes plain above them manner. Hughes wants america to embody liberty rather than just only being free by name. Speaker(cid:495)s message: let america be america again. The american dream should be the dream it once was for the pioneer on the (cid:494)america was never america to me(cid:495) It(cid:495)s not a (cid:494)great strong land of love(cid:495) There should not be kings/corrupt tyrants/people being crushed by people. He wants america to represent opportunity and equality in a genuine. He claims that he has never experienced freedom or equality in america. Speaker responds that he is the poor, disenfranchised white man, the (cid:494)negro(cid:495) slave, Immigrants who came here just for the opportunity. Mostly for the socioeconomically disadvantaged racial, religions, and social. He wants america to be the america it once was. From the beginning, (cid:494)americans(cid:495) practiced slavery (cid:494)let america be the dream that dreamers dreamed-(cid:495)
