... to become treated equally. In his poem entitled "America", he speaks of the contradictory lifestyle that Americans lived. He refers to America as hell, or a place like it. "I love this cultured hell that tests my youth." But even though he knows that his people are being oppressed daily in this "white" America, he still feels strong and determined. "Giving me strength erect ... ...

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