Question

One of the most promising of the young Negro poets said to me once, "I want to be a

Answer 1

Answer:

He would have encouraged them to celebrate their racial identity

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.