claude mckay

The Claude Mckay poems were very interesting to read. The poems that i found the most interesting was " The Dominant White" the interpertation of the poem was that obviously he is saying that the white is dominant and he explains it in the poem like "God gave you power to bouild and help and lift" so the white have the power then he says that they use it to hurt the black people without saying white people and black people. Then at the end it says that "God shall humble you down to the dust". So he's saying punish "them" (white people) who hurt and slay the african america people. Another poem was "Negro Dancers" wasa more positive poem about the African American people dancing is waht makes them happy and the only thing tht keeps them together with their people. The dancing is the only true joy of their life. So even though most of the poems that i read were about the bad things. The "Negro Dancers" is the postive thing that african american people had to share their joyand laughter that they did have. Mckay poems are have interesting ways of telling about the thing that the african american people had to go through.