Minstrel Man by Langston Hughes

I think that this poem reflects not only our community here in East Palo Alto but also to our society in general. I think that when Langston Hughes wrote this poem he was writing about African Americans and how in his times in society African Americans were seen as invincible people. It seem that back in the day the hardships that African Americans went through were not seen by the white society even African Americans who were actually living a good life were not even recognized. African Americans were only acknowledged for negative aspects.
Nowadays, this sense of being invincible has expanded not only to the African American race but to all minorities. In our society, minorities are ignored in education and in many other social issues. Minorities although many might seem like have mouths “wide with laughter” and throats “deep with song,” do not mean that they are living a prosperous life, these people also suffer but our society has set them aside.
In our own community, East Palo Alto, where all the residents are primarily minorities, the education system is upsetting. Many of the students in those schools do not have a lot of resources and once they are in high school many act like they are okay but inside they are students that need academic help but no one notices. Minorities have been set aside from our society from many issues that like this poem no one notices they “die.”