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Based on the excerpt, what advise would langston Hughes have given to young African Americans during the Harlem renaissance?

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Answer:He would have encouraged them to celebrate their racial identity

Step-by-step explanation:"I want to write like a white poet"; meaning subconsciously, "I would like to be a white poet"; meaning behind that, "I would like to be white." And I was sorry the young man said that, for no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself. And I doubted then that, with his desire to run away spiritually from his race, this boy would ever be a great poet.

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