Line #6: I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother, They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.
I, Too by Langston Hughes
what is the hidden message?
Answer:
In the poem's second stanza, the speaker notes that he is forced to “eat in the kitchen / when company comes.” This is an extended metaphor for segregation. ... The speaker is “the darker brother”—in other words, he's part of the same family—the American family—as the white people who force him to eat in the kitchen.
