Poème « I, too, sing america »

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poème, I too sing america, Langston Hughes, Amérique, ségrégation

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Le poème «I, too, sing america » a été écrit en 1925 par Langston Hughes. La phrase “I'll be at the table when company comes” compare la table à la société de laquelle les Noirs étaient exclus. Elle montre à quel point l'Amérique est allée loin dans la différence Noire/Blanche. La phrase « They'll see how beautiful I am » renvoie au fait que les Noirs ne sont pas différents des autres gens.

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[...] Poème too, sing america Le poème too, sing america a été écrit en 1925 par Langston Hughes. La phrase “I'll be at the table when company comes” compare la table à la société de laquelle les Noirs étaient exclus. Elle montre à quel point l'Amérique est allée loin dans la différence Noire/Blanche. La phrase They'll see how beautiful I am renvoie au fait que les Noirs ne sont pas différents des autres gens. Nous sommes tous égaux, ce sont les Noirs et les Blancs qui forment l'Amérique. [...]

[...] The poem too, sing America” was written in 1925 by Langston Hughes. The sentence " ll be at the table when company comes " compare the table with the society from which the Blacks were excluded. This sentence shows to what extent America went far to the Black/White difference. Furthermore, the sentence «They' ll see how beautiful I am " sends back to the fact that the Blacks are not different from other people. We all are equal; it is the Blacks and the Whites who form America. [...]

[...] The author of the poem makes a statement for the world by saying that he knows that he deserves to be equal to the Whites for what he is; he doesn't have to be ashamed of himself because he was born black. He is black and he's proud of it. He doesn't feel inferior because of his color. On the contrary, he faces and shouts loud and clear that he is someone and that we have to pay him attention however the person he is. It's white people who should be ashamed for their behavior. [...]