In his artistic manifesto, Langston Hughes writes, “We young…
In his artistic manifesto, Langston Hughes writes, “We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are glad. If they are not, it doesn’t matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too. The tom-tom cries and the tom-tom laughs. If colored people are pleased we are glad. If they are not their displeasure doesn’t matter either.” According to this passage, what answer best describes the “mountain” that may stand in the way of the black artist?
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