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Langston Hughes wrote "The Negro Artist And The Racial Mountain" in part to address Black snobs like this.

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Have you read the essay Hughes was responding to, George Schuyler's, "The Negro Art Hokum"? Fascinating exchange, especially when read alongside Hughes's poetry and Schuyler's novel Black No More.

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May 23Liked by Mark Sussman

Yes, I did, and it held up. I have not read "Black No More" but am interested in it especially since it was deemed worthy of being adapted for a play in contemporary times.

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It is a WILD read.

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