SOCI 3422 Blog

Hello Everyone!! I have immensely enjoyed this class, as I am sure most of us have! I would like to share with you all my extra credit work for the Langston Hughes poem. I AM NOT LANGSTON HUGHES and in no way do I intend to be. But my dad says that everyone has a lover, poetic, and crazy side so I enjoy writing poems from time to time. Here is a poem as my response for "Let America be America Again." Let me know what you think!

Let America be America Again?
Why is this not America now?
No, for in America there is no strain.
No one to a man's dream disallow.
Mr. Hughes explains it well.
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed.
Yes, this America, only in a dream can dwell.
A dream that is hope-faith-courage-equality-freedom-themed.
This America is beautiful and Utopia-like.
This America takes your dreams, and it makes them your life.
But what good is a dream in reality alike?
If when I turn to either side, our world is in strife?
There is no equality, no true freedom.
This America is far from what we want for everyone.
The America we need will hold you in its palm.
And protect and reward you for everything you've done.
This America is like no other.
This America would break the mold and happiness would sprout.
But I am a mere admirer and would very much rather.
That you read "Let America be America Again" and see what I'm talking about.

Why must we as a people read about the things that African American did during the the Civil Rights Movement but not hear about them like the new gossip in the tabloids. Why must we hear only about people such Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshell, and Malcolm X. What about Fannie lou Hamer the black lobbyist for the Freedom Democratic party or maybe even the two lady who refused to give up their seat or harrassed by the bus driver, Jo Ann Johnson and Cluadette Colvin, beside Rosa Parks. I think that are many untold stories and i will like to know more but if it was left up to the people who are in charge i would know anything but what they want me to know. REALLY LOVING THIS CLASS!!!!