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The poem explores the memory of the speaker and their experiences in a faraway city they spent time in as a child. The narrator reminisces about the place through their childhood eyes, although we see conflict between this and their adult perception of her homeland. The narrator pictures in their mind the country or city where (s)he was born. [2]
The title of this poem was used by Democratic United States senator John Kerry as a campaign slogan in his 2004 presidential campaign. [ 3 ] Let America Be America Again: Conversations with Langston Hughes , edited by Christopher C. De Santis and published by Oxford University Press in 2022, is a collection of speeches and conversational essays ...
Richard Blanco (born February 15, 1968) is an American poet, public speaker, author, playwright, and civil engineer.He is the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration, having read the poem "One Today" for Barack Obama's second inauguration.
Calling a person a "hyphenated American" was used as an insult alleging divided political or national loyalties, especially in times of war. It was used from 1890 to 1920 to disparage Americans who were of foreign birth or ancestry and who displayed an affection for their ancestral heritage language and culture.
The acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services gave his own version of the famous poem written on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal.
Some examples include Langston Hughes' poem and notable work of the Harlem Renaissance "I, Too" which proclaims at the end "I, too, am America". [ 53 ] [ 54 ] The American Dakota writer Zitkála-Šá penned the poem The Red Man's America comments generally on the experiences of Indigenous people in America as outsiders to "liberty and equality ...
The contrasts almost write themselves. Younger woman of color vs. older white man. Middle class vs. silver spoon. Immigrant family vs. family separation.
The older immigrant (a ghost, as his words reveal) answers that his voyage was on "a coffin ship," and thus, having died on the journey, he has no answers. According to historical documentation, there was a 30% mortality rate on these coffin ships, and their reference is a recurring theme in many Irish folk songs.