ALChemy17 Jan 2006

I must have missed it in the cut and paste process. Not intentional.
I'm glad you know what he meant because folks have been arguing about the meaning of this poem since it was written.
But maybe that's the point. Maybe racism like this poem is not a matter of definition but a matter of personal opinion drawn from the need to not feel inferior. In the end the black boy feels superior to the english boy. He imagines he is superior and that in his superior ability to absorb God's light he wins the love of the white boy. At least that is another way the poem can be read.