Langston Hughes's poem Theme for English B

Langston Hughes's poem Theme for English B is a complicated piece,

which is able to stimulate the mind of any person that gives it a

chance.

Langston Hughes's poem Theme for English B is a complicated piece,

which is able to stimulate the mind of any person that gives it a

chance. This poem touches on the ever present topics of racism,

commonality and differences, with insights on how people are so

frequent to prejudge others without even knowing their name.

Racism is still present today, even most who would not consider

themselves raciest have used some sort of raciest remark or gesture.

Racism does not only affect a person with more or less melanin, but

also those of a different creed or religion. Many people use everyday

slang which contains some sort of derogatory meaning. With the ongoing

effort of individuals as well as organizations most hope that our

home, our planet, will progress into the all accepting society that is

has the potential to become.

This poem has made me contemplate all that our country is, and the

right to a fair and equal life that we all deserve. With the giant

steps we have taken over the past century, I know that we are on the

right track. People must realize that we are all the same, except for

the melanin concentration in our skin. In fact it has been recently

proven through DNA science that a person of African decent in America

is more closely related to a Caucasian in America then another

African-American. I found this to be amazing and proof of just how

close we all our.

I am as well as everyone that I know, are guilty of making

prejudgments on people without even knowing a thing about them.

Whether it is the clothes one wears or the parlance they use, all of

use have thought a certain way about a person just from that first

impression. This is not a just an American characteristic, in fact in

England one could be thought of as smarter and even better looking if