Answer:
1) Being homosexual
2) Being black
3) Hughes relationship with his father
Step-by-step explanation:
He was a black and homosexual during a time that something like this was not accepted (early 1900's). His short story "Blessed Assurance", talks about his father’s prejudice and homophobia at him for being homosexual.
Hughes’ father also wanted him to be an engineer instead of a writer, but he ignored his father's wishes and instead went to college. However, he dropped out of college after a year because of racial prejudice within the institution.