Racism Quotes by Langston Hughes

14 Racism quotes by Langston Hughes

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Langston Hughes paints the harsh realities of racial oppression with his signature lyrical punch, all within fourteen brief snapshots. This small collection serves as a quick yet vivid glimpse into his enduring poetic resistance.

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“As much as they loved Negroes, Neroes didn't seem to love Michael and Anne.”

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Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro - and beautiful!

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A world I dream where black or white, whatever race you be, will share the bounties of the earth and every man…

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Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.

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My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.

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My seeking has been to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America and obliquely that of all human kind,

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One of the great difficulties about being a member of a minority race is that so many kindhearted, well-meaning bores gather around…

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Sometimes I wish the public were equally aware of the men of our race in the cultural fields. You, for instance, have…

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It is the duty of the younger Negro artist . . . to change through the force of his art that old…

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Everybody should take each other as they are, white, black, Indians, Creole. Then there would be no prejudice, nations would get along.

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If the government can set aside some spot for a elk to be a elk without being bothered, or a buffalo to…

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But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There's a song that says, "the time…

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This is the mountain standing in the way of any true Negro art in America - this urge within the race toward…

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“In America the magazines in which one can frequently publish stories or poems about Negroes are very few, and most of these…

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Good morning, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? • • • • You think It's a happy beat?

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I was a victim of a stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole class, and our English teacher was…

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I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.

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“As I Grew Older" It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of…

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Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heartstrings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words…

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Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.

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“In America the magazines in which one can frequently publish stories or poems about Negroes are very few, and most of these do not…

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Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves.

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Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Do you know that there are libraries in our country…

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We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.

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“Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that can not fly. Hold fast to dreams for when dreams…

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Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be.

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I loved my friend He went away from me There's nothing more to say The poem ends, Soft as it began- I loved my…

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The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.

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