Other stories are tragic, showing the naked racism and violence that white people regularly employed to terrorize the black community. Some of the stories are humorous, showing white people that fetishize black culture and fail to understand how their fascination with all things African is ironic and silly.
These interactions run the gamut of human emotions. The Ways of White Folks contains fourteen short stories, each exploring different interactions between white people and African Americans in the 1920s and 30s.
I was interested to see how this collection of short stories would compare. Hughes' poems, without a doubt, are beautiful and thought-provoking. I don't read much poetry in general, but my work as a teacher has brought me into contact with several of his most famous works. Prior to reading this, I was only familiar with Hughes' poetry. I had several options to choose from on my Classics Club list, but I eventually settled on The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughes. In honor of Black History Month this year, I decided to read a work by an African American author.
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