Langston Hughes: Poems

Besides, They’ll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-

Why will those who made him "eat in the kitchen", in line 3, "be ashamed" in the future? Cite specific evidenxe from the text to support your response.

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The speaker will fulfill his dream and become a part of America as a whole. Those who eat in the kitchen will be ashamed that they tried to hold him back.... that they didn't believe in him.

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