https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e Let America Be American Again en-us 2020-12-01 17:07:27 UTC 2025-09-30 13:45:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981282803 Isabella ]]> 2020-12-02 19:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981282803 stu229999 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981283500 My impression of the poem was that the author was saying how he wanted America to be America again, but he also explains that it should be America for POC and Native Americans and Immigrants too. I felt the poem had some satire to it. ]]> 2020-12-02 19:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981283500 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981283849 I think the message is to show the freedom the poor people, indigenous people, and African Americans hoped for but never got.]]> 2020-12-02 19:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981283849 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981283969 Hughes talks about the poor people being pushed apart and being fooled, the Indigenous people being pushed off the land, and the African Americans have scars from being enslaved by the white men.]]> 2020-12-02 19:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981283969 stu215929 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981284077 2020-12-02 19:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981284077 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981284405 I think Hughes overall message is that the American Dream is not the same everybody especially for the poor, indigenous people, immigrants, and African Americans. ]]> 2020-12-02 19:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981284405 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981284418 My impression of the poem is that its about how the American dream is impossible for lower class people or immigrants.]]> 2020-12-02 19:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981284418 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981284431 The subtle hints of problems in America stands out for me in the poem. For example, when he says "people like me have no freedom", he refers to the unfair treament of immigrants, African Americans, and indigenous peoples.]]> 2020-12-02 19:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981284431 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981285019 I believe that Hughes' overall message is that even though America is a country of freedom and opportunity, there are still people who has not gain any freedom, as states in the poem African American went through slavery, Native American were pushed out of their own land.]]> 2020-12-02 19:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981285019 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981285038 Langston Hughes felt that America was a country with unfulfilled desires and unkept promises due to the never-ending discrimination against so many people. He had drive to make it better but also saw America as a place with dwindling hope in terms of the citizens because they had been fighting for so long. ]]> 2020-12-02 19:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981285038 stu189439 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981285295 I think that his overall message was he's trying to say that the minorities helped create freedom and the American Dream but never got the chance to truly experience it. ]]> 2020-12-02 19:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981285295 stu211738 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981285455 Pragyan Tamang]]> 2020-12-02 19:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981285455 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981285548 My impression of the poem was that the author didn't feel free even though he was living in the land of the free. ]]> 2020-12-02 19:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981285548 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981286484 I felt that Langston felt like America wasn't living up to it's promises of freedom for all.]]> 2020-12-02 19:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981286484 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981286874 My first impression of the poem was that America is not as great as it is claimed to be. Many people have suffered and still do suffer from many different things including racism, being over worked with little pay, etc.]]> 2020-12-02 19:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981286874 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981286935 I think Hughes’ overall message was that he hoped America would overcome racism and view everyone as equal in every way. He also hoped that America could become a better place and everyone regarding their color of skin or race can have the same opportunities. By doing this, America could become American again.]]> 2020-12-02 19:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981286935 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981287004 He talks about how the higher class, rich people “crush” the poor and lower class people.]]> 2020-12-02 19:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981287004 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981287443 His message is that even though America is suppose to be "homeland of the free" many people such as, African Americans, Natives, poor people, and immigrants are not free. They continue to be oppress. His message is that we need to change and theses people need freedom and equality]]> 2020-12-02 19:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981287443 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981287490 I think that Hughes over all message was to bring to light a lot of the inequalities in the United States and how the inequalities make the Unites States different for minorities than how everyone perceives it]]> 2020-12-02 19:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981287490 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981287571 Bella]]> 2020-12-02 19:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981287571 stu182810 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981288127 People who believed in the Eugenics program would say that Hughes' poem isn't good because they (The Eugenics program) believed that all the people Hughes is standing up for are the people that are considered to have "bad genes".]]> 2020-12-02 19:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981288127 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981288319 I felt that America was filled with promises that weren't kept.]]> 2020-12-02 19:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981288319 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981288414 he say that America is built on the pain, sweat, and blood of the poor, Indigenous people, and African Americans]]> 2020-12-02 19:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981288414 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981288443 I think Hughes' overall message is Freedom of poor.]]> 2020-12-02 19:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981288443 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981289309 I thought the poem was written well and the author did a good job of explaining how America never felt like itself to him. The reader could actually gain some knowledge this poem from understanding it. ]]> 2020-12-02 19:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981289309 stu189120 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981290528 hughes explained how poor, indigenous people, and african americans have been constantly oppressed. A line he uses in his poem was "I am a negro bearing slavery scars." (referring to blacks mistreatment)]]> 2020-12-02 19:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981290528 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981291094 He talks about how the poor is helpless against the rich as they could easily be crushed.]]> 2020-12-02 19:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981291094 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981293694 Bella]]> 2020-12-02 19:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981293694 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981296171 Langston talked about the discrimination and unfair treatment towards the poor, indigenous people, and African-Americans. He mentions how they're the reason America is the way it is and white people can live a good life but they're not getting credit or the freedom they were promised.]]> 2020-12-02 19:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981296171 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981297862 The overall message is that the idea of America is only for the rich white people because it sees those men as equal but not the rest of the people that live here and are citizens, show the hypocrisy. ]]> 2020-12-02 19:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981297862 stu231167 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981298123 2020-12-02 19:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981298123 stu239064 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981298605 The poem describes the idea of the American Dream and how the fulfillment of this dream begins as early as the beginning of America. This idea of people coming to a place of freedom, equality, liberty etc. is only true, yet again, for the white man. It seems that America was created with the prospect of escaping the inability to access freedom, and garnering a collective ideal to ensure that people wouldn’t fall victim to those who are powerful. But America has become that in which they used to oppose, they became the powerful that idolized wealth, and hypocritically has began to turn away those who are escaping the all too powerful while simultaneously becoming the all too powerful themselves.]]> 2020-12-02 19:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981298605 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981299303 Hughes was frustrated and angry with the way America is.]]> 2020-12-02 19:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981299303 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981301100 He says that these groups of people are the true creators and they are the backbone of this country, although they are treated so poorly]]> 2020-12-02 19:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981301100 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981306115 I believe he was saying that "white" people are corrupt, in terms of how America was effected and how minorities were treated specifically by "white" people.]]> 2020-12-02 19:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981306115 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981307579 I think Hughes' overall message was that America isn'  all what it seems. He talks about how this is the "land of the free" but in reality everyone can't live freely. He basically wants America to get its stuff together and live up to how "great" we deem it to be.]]> 2020-12-02 19:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981307579 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981307723 Hughes doesn't like the way America is and is upset about the way everything is.]]> 2020-12-02 19:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981307723 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981310318 People who were a part of this program would assume that Hughes is crazy or that he's just looking for pity and claiming the "victim" role]]> 2020-12-02 19:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981310318 stu186409 https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981317294 I think that the author expresses that america isnt what it claims to be. And he wants there claim to become reailty. He wants equality without exception to make america great again.]]> 2020-12-02 19:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gmilo1/hl46mam1b6sk9r8e/wish/981317294