Them, too

Langston Huges, a poet in the Harlem Renaissance, writes meaningful pieces about the slavery and inequality of blacks in America.  Huges writes about a theme of separation of blacks and whites in his piece, "I, Too".  Huges describes African Americans as being a "darker brother", a euphemism which employs the multiple denotations of the word "dark" in its description.  Along with expressing a tone or shade of color that contains a blackish hue, dark is often related to being ignored, unseen, and forgotten.  This creates verisimilitude in that the African American people were viewed as lowly, not as true human beings.  For example, when their white owners invite guests over, they "send me to eat in the kitchen".  The speaker, an African American, is sent to the kitchen so as to make room for the white guests, and does not hold a true seat at the kitchen table.  In the poem, the kitchen table serves as a symbol for America.  Often when sharing a meal with others at a table, experiences and thoughts are shared.  The fact that blacks were denied a seat at the kitchen table (America), they were equally denied the expression of their thoughts and feelings at this time.  The author expresses discontent with this idea through the statement "I, too, am America".  African Americans, dwellers in America, the majority of the population in America, should be acknowledged as a part of the nation.