Rather than developing feelings of shame and hatred, he embraced these experiences and took great pride in his black heritage. ... He saw that the Mexican people took great pride in their identity through their art. ... Hughes glimpsed what the future would be like for black people when the bitter prejudice of racism would finally end. ...
When Margarite listens song "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" by James Weldon Johnson's she prides for black people because they also can have all opportunities to reach their goals and to be the part of "the wonderful, beautiful Negro race" (156). ... She does not give up and "fights" with racist hiring policies in San Francisco to get her first real job as streetcar conductor "The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time that she is caught in the tripartite crossfire of masculine prejudice, white illogical hate and Black lack of ...
