"The Negro's Tragedy"
I thought this poem was basically saying that only someone who has been through what he has been through can understand or tell the story of it. There is no way to fully understand something unless you go through it yourself. He mentions a thorn-crowned negro. I am assuming he is referencing to Jesus in some way. Maybe he feels that Jesus understands what he and his ken are going through.
Look Within
I think McKay is saying that people keeping trying to hide the truth instead of looking within and seeing the sin. He mentions worm-infested and rotten within. A apple may not look rotten, but once it is opened and a worm is in there it is rotten all the way through.
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