I'm starting to realize that I mostly enjoy the short stories from Hokum that make you think in a different way. Obviously because the book is about African American humor and takes place in a completely different time, a lot of the logic and thinking behind each story is completely different from any school of thought I would have.
While reading Langston Hughes's Adventures, I came to this realization that these short stories are humorous because of the way they are completely opposite of what I am used to. I was a little confused at first when the narrator said that white people should go to the South to get adventure, because to me and my post-civil rights era mind, the South at that time would seem like a safe and boring environment to white people because they have so many liberties that the black community did not. However, that thought changed once the narrator stated that white people could not go to "Colored Only" zones, which in a way is humorous. Pointing this out makes white people look pretty dumb because they are so adamant about not associating with the black population that they are even willing to restrict themselves. It seems like they are shooting themselves in the foot because instead of having all the freedom in they want, they have actually made it harder on themselves.
I really like the social commentary found in the story, especially with such a different take on it. I honestly never thought of separated parts of cities in the South as a restriction to white people, but now that it has been pointed out, I can't help to think it's funny.
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