American Racism Exposed in Poems by Langston Hughes and Sherman Alexie

the Statesn Racism candid in Langston Hughes Let America Be America over again and Sherman Alexies, detonator Punishment The issue of racial discrimination has become societal norm in America. Poems like Langston Hughes Let America Be America Again and Sherman Alexies, Capital Punishment show the injustice that still exists. Both poems babble out to the prejudice that is accepted and current in Americas past and present. Alexie and Hughes, both from nonage groups, have seen the ugly face of racism. Both poems have many similarities, including the provable t maven of anger. The pieces also have their differences, while Hughes poem speaks from the viewpoint of one of the oppressed Alexies talker is just a witness. Both writers draw trouble to the injustices that minority groups face daily in this land of the free.Sherman Alexie, A Spokane/Coeur dAlene Indian, grew up on a reservation in Washington yet go to a high school where he was, as he so eloquently said, the only Ind ian...except for the school mascot.(Alexie) Even though he was a star basketball player he still faced the subdue of his schoolmates due to his heritage. This injustice influenced Alexie to compose the poem, Capital Punishment. This poem tells the story of an Indian who was sentenced to death, the story is told from the perspective of the cook who prepares his last meal. The line I am not a witness is repeated throughout the poem, it is said afterward Alexie addresses a sensitive societal issue. Topics concentrated on are prejudice, gayness and clearly capital penalization. Alexie uses subtleties at first, alliterating to his stance on capital punishment but by the end of the poem the anger and frustration is prevalent. The speaker o... ...ure. Not only does Hughes reject the idea of the American Dream he discards the proposal that America is the land of the free. Would America properly function without the oppressed, the throng who work 50 hour weeks at minimum wage, th e people who created this America? Without those people the comfortable lifestyle most of us know would be gone. So, the poor, strained and those of a different nationalities are denied chances to succeed to keep the conventional values. Both poems address the widespread societal issue of racism that is so prevalent in America. Hughes and Alexie seem to agree that judgment of others has been the disgrace of our nation. If the color of a mans skin did not have such a bully value in our society maybe then America could be everyones. Not just the rich white mans but the immigrants, the Africans, the Indians and the poor.