Social Inequality In Langston Hughes Poetry

The whole idea of overcoming obstacles, helping others and the stereotypes that are produced by concepts such as socio-economic inequality, are critical aspects to consider, when exploring the extensive similarities in the social context of “the Blind Side”, as well as in renowned Langston Hughes poetry. Both the “Blind Side” and Langston Hughes poetry both focus on complementary social contexts, in this case, a Capitalist society built upon the stigmatization of certain races and groups. A specific stigma for example would be, Black African Americans being considered inferior and “lower class” to White Americans, hence adhering to this whole theme and idea of socio-economic inequality in the two social contexts. Ideal poems to consider, (from …show more content…
In the film, the Blind Side, Hancock uses an editing technique of montage, by showcasing various clips of Michael Oher (main protagonist) in a car backseat, driving through various locations in Memphis, Tennessee. In these collection of clips there can be a lot of information, (based on the social context of the film) that can be extracted from to learn, in terms of Socio Economic Inequality. At first the clips start off with Oher driving through a predominantly black neighborhood, which can be seen as an underprivileged ghetto, by looking at the low quality of housing, and overall meager life-styled tone. However right after these series of clips, Lee Hancock then showcases an extremely high class, rich, white , prestigious neighborhood, with symbols such as large houses, cut strong green grass, as well as automatic sprinklers, showing how advanced and reputable the location is. Lee Hancock montages these scenes to juxtapose and contrast the two racial groups, whites and blacks, to show the socio economic inequality that exists in the Blind Side. Similarly, in the poem “Let America Be America Again”, Hughes uses two strong lines of irony, where it says ‘Who said the free? Not me? , Surely not me? The millions on relief today,” followed by “Of owning everything for one’s own greed.’’ Hughes uses these two lines very effectively as the first line showcases how citizens of America are experiencing an economic breakdown, but, the second showcases how there in a capitalist society, greed exits, creating SEI, hence emphasizing on the fact that this social inequality is evident in America, just like in the movie the Blind Side. Overall, this is how the poem Let America Be America Again, and the Blind Side, are similar in terms of characteristics of a