According to Langston’s background and life experiences ,oppression in this poem is mainly addressed to the struggles the African-American people encountered against racism . His view about oppression was shown in the poem when he said “ Now dreams are not available to the dreamers , nor songs to the singers “ ; Which shows that the white society was limiting the potential of the African-Americans . Also, Langston focused on racial equality to show that the white society was known to be oppressive in terms of equal rights. However, his perspective about oppression was altered by his experiences and his outlook about emancipation revealed that the impossible can be possible and achieved if people are willing to be courageous and fight for it
