According to Langston Hughes's essay "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" (his answer to George Schuyler's essay "Negro Art Hokum"), what is the "mountain" that stands in the way of "any true Negro art in America" ?
Correct answer: C. It is a widespread "urge toward whiteness" among African Americans.
- A. It is the racial discrimination endemic in the white community.
- B. It is the racial segregation in the South.
- C. It is a widespread "urge toward whiteness" among African Americans.
- D. It is a widespread "urge to incorporate and neutralize other cultures" among white Americans.
Explanation
Hughes calls the racial mountain the internalized desire of many African Americans to conform to white cultural standards and reject their own racial identity. It is therefore an urge toward whiteness, not merely external segregation or discrimination.
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