Langston Hughes, the author of the passage, uses the diction of equality to illustrate that black people desire to be treated the same way as white people are treated in America. He expresses what they want by using metaphors, as well as literal statements to get the point across to the reader. The point is that racism exists, despite the statements about freedom in the Constitution. The poem “Let America Be America Again” uses repetitive diction to convey the central idea of equality among every person in America. The title doesn’t mean that the author, Langston Hughes, wants the country back to the way it was when America was first founded. He’s referencing to the Constitution and how it says that all men are equal, although they are not
