In the poem ‘You and Your Whole Race’ Hughes uses the term ‘you’ to send an assertive message to privileged blacks . The speaker of this poem targets this group to send a message that there isn’t an escape from blame of the issues “Look down upon the town in which you live; And be ashamed” This sends a assertive message that the group shouldn’t be content because the problem is present inside of their own population and they make no attempt to terminate these issues. The speaker of this poem lists problems such as (lines 7-8)“stupid ignorance breeds children there/ humble shelters of despair” and uses the term ‘you’ to send the reader the message that they are accountable for these problems. (ln 10) “That you yourselves have not the sense to
