I, Too

I've been hearing Langston Hughes probably since I was born. I've had to recite this poem on numerous occasions for school and at home. I've grown to appreciate it instead of despise it, now that I understand it's meaning


I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table when company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.

Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--

I, too, am America.