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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For
I, Too, Sing America
by Langston Hughes
Hat tip for the reminder: Eugene H. Robinson
by Langston Hughes
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.
Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--
I, too, am America.
Hat tip for the reminder: Eugene H. Robinson
Labels: Barack Obama, Langston Hughes
