Collaborating with the next line, Smith ties both lines together by stating the only black kid in class is only used for sports and the basic stereotypes for blacks. When the author writes, “You are invisible until you turn on the Friday night lights”, he means you are completely forgotten and cannot be seen till the only black kid in class is “used” for the football game. This line relates to the racial theme because a presumed stereotype for African American people stated in the poem is that he is an athlete even before they saw him do anything just because of his skin
Collaborating with the next line, Smith ties both lines together by stating the only black kid in class is only used for sports and the basic stereotypes for blacks. When the author writes, “You are invisible until you turn on the Friday night lights”, he means you are completely forgotten and cannot be seen till the only black kid in class is “used” for the football game. This line relates to the racial theme because a presumed stereotype for African American people stated in the poem is that he is an athlete even before they saw him do anything just because of his skin