How does, "I, Too" reflect the African American view towards equality and the American Dream?

"I, Too" is a revision-ing of Walt Whitman’s poem, “I Hear America Singing.” In Whitman’s poem, a variety of Americans—including a mechanic, carpenter, boatman, and mother—sing joyfully about America. Hughes echoes Whitman most directly in his first and last lines: “I, too, sing America” and “I, too, am America,” both of which are declarations of inclusion, stating that this national identity belongs to Black Americans as much as it does to Whites.

In this way, Hughes allows his readers to envision a racially equal society in the near future.