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Hughes vs. Hurston
Posted on November 8, 2013 by rvbailey
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Hughes vs. Hurston
Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston are both respectable artists in the American culture. They are known worldwide and have had a great impact on art and influenced many upcoming artists. But what are their views on Black identity and Black art? Are their views similar or different? Hughes and Hurston made their standpoint on both issues very clear in their works of art. Hurston and Hughes show no shame in being Black. In How it Feels to be Colored Me, Hurston states, “… I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow damaged up in my soul, nor lurking in my eyes (1031).” Within this she is not letting the stereotypes of having colored skin define her. Hughes does this same technique of embracing and defending the Black race.