Explain in an essay of at least one hundred words what the metaphor of the mountain represents in the Langston Hughes essay, "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain."

The mountain is, above all things, meant to be considered an obstacle for Negro artists to have their work recognized; product of a racial dispute. Hughes describes Negro artists as talented individuals who desire their works to be recognized, but in their own minds understand that this could only be achieved if they were white - as society expects geniality to emerge from -. Hughes desires these individuals to be encouraged, keeping their works coming and going, but only if these artists find pride in their own capabilities, and not to struggle on whether their work would be accepted or not based on the color of their skin.