The Ways of White Folks: Stories (Vintage Classics)

In this day and age, a forgotten author. And a very good one. Elegant writing. Astute observation.

Excellent read! Important book my folks read in college. Wish I'd picked this up earlier in my life. However at this point in my life, it answered so many questions I had about my ancestors. Even though these were stories are fabricated... the stories are basically a conglomeration of the black experience. My black experience. I could find it in each story and helped me understand what my ancestors went through and why the U.S. is the way it is.

It’s Langston Hughes- what can I say? I purchased this book (a second copy) because I love his writing style of storytelling - conversational and convincing. The speakers are easy to listen because this person has something to say and you know immediately. Langston Hughes writes life’s lessons using the voices of everyday heroes whose wit, smarts and humanity helped them to survive in spite of the times. This collection of musings from various strangers who talk about a situation or a time in the storyteller’s life so profound, it’s worth telling. Most importantly it’s the lessons that are told from a birds eye view into the ways of white folks. You will laugh, chuckle, sigh and shed a tear, but you will and must reread these stories again and again.

I’ve heard so much about Langston Hughes over the years, I decided to read one of his books. Very insightful and entertaining. But, I think he’s overrated as far as being storyteller goes. It was OK. But that’s really all

I wish I read this book while I was a teenager. Mr. Hughes surprised me with his different treatments of a subject I thought I was more than familiar with by experience. The stories are works of art - touching and moving...

Great value!

Reminds me of Nelson Algren’s Last Carousel. jbSV recommended Victoria Christopher Murray historic novels one of whic mentioned this by Hughes.

Exposing

Don't really have time for this so FIVE STARS must suffice

précédemment, j'avais lu "the best of simple", qui est un livre très humoristique; ce n'est pas le cas dans ce recueil de nouvelles (ou alors, je suis passé à côté); ce sont des histoires tristes ou les préjugés s'appliquent inéluctablement et impitoyablement : souvent, des "blancs" qui sont persuadés d'avoir l'esprit juste et ouvert (par exemple en élevant un enfant noir orphelin), et qui finissent par exprimer leurs conceptions discriminantes et humiliantes. dans la dernière nouvelle "father and son", le conflit prend la forme de la violence ouverte.

Read it a few times, it is so worth it.

Good read

Absolutely loved this. A real page turner. Where has he been all my life!