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     In the poem "I, Too, Sing America," by Langston Hughes the tones of indifference and confidence reflect the characters nonchalant attitude towards the fact that the family wants him to eat in the kitchen and him knowing that one day people won't care about his skin color. The nonchalant attitude is relflected in the line "They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes but I laugh and eat well." Even though the family is abhorrent towards him and they don't want him eating with them he expects that he will one day eat with them at their table. He knows that they will accept him for who he is and be proud to have him eat with them. This shown in the line "Besides, they'll see how beautiful I am and be ashamed--"