Langston Hughes-Quote from “A New Song” Bitter was the day, when I saw my children unschooled, my young men without a voice in the world, my women taken as the body-toys of a thieving people, that day is past.
Mr Hughes was evidently upset at the conditions black Americans were living in. In spite of this, he talked about the children being unschooled. Mr. Hughes knew that something was out of place when a lot of the children did not go to school. But then again, even when they go to school, they got a second class education, thus, making them appear to be inept. Langston Hughes came across as being militant. He wanted to be the person that represented a people that did not have proper representation. Next, the individuals taking advantage of the women, that day is gone. For that reason, there might be hell to pay.
I chose this passage because of the passion in Mr. Hughes’ poem. It made me relate to the state of affairs, and imagine what it must have been like. Mr. Hughes demanded change, and doggone it, change was what that environment deserve.
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