Analysis of Langston Hughes’s “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” Langston Hughes’s essay, “The Negro and the Racial Mountain” explores the “Negro artist,” in which Hughes points out that the “Negro Artist” wishes to be more like white people. Hughes argues that African-American artists don’t know how to express themselves using their own culture, because they believe white people and even black people will not accept their artwork. In the essay, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” Hughes shows how a black artist will face disapproval of their artwork from both their own people and the white majority. In Hughes essay, “The Negro and the Racial Mountain” the African-American artist is stuck stuck between a rock in a hard place.
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At the end of Hughes’s essay, he mentions that it doesn’t matter if white people or black people are pleased with the “Negro artist’s” works, as long as, the black artist is staying true to himself through his work. Hughes ends the essay by saying, “We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves” (1). In other words, African-Americans should remain true to their artistic selves and remain proud of themselves through their work.
In the essay, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” Hughes argues that African-American artist should be themselves through their artwork or literary works, rather than, allow others (white people and black people) to suggest that they change their work to their likening. In “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” Hughes tries to convince black artists to not allow anyone have an affect on how they create their artwork. Hughes effectively shows the “Negro artist” letting white people’s opinions and also black people’s opinions affect their artwork or literary
At the end of Hughes’s essay, he mentions that it doesn’t matter if white people or black people are pleased with the “Negro artist’s” works, as long as, the black artist is staying true to himself through his work. Hughes ends the essay by saying, “We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves” (1). In other words, African-Americans should remain true to their artistic selves and remain proud of themselves through their work.
In the essay, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” Hughes argues that African-American artist should be themselves through their artwork or literary works, rather than, allow others (white people and black people) to suggest that they change their work to their likening. In “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” Hughes tries to convince black artists to not allow anyone have an affect on how they create their artwork. Hughes effectively shows the “Negro artist” letting white people’s opinions and also black people’s opinions affect their artwork or literary