Answer to Question #106193 in English for Johnson

Question

Hughes's Poetry Text, Why does the speaker in (“I, Too”) have to eat in the kitchen when company comes?

Answer 1

The speaker is an African American who is a midst White Americans. Eating in the kitchen is being compared to racial segregation in America. The speaker is basically told to eat in the kitchen because he is a black and he is not allowed to mix with the whites. The statement depict the conditions of separation and segregation of Black Americans in America.