The poem starts off, with Claude and his cronies being attacked. The sensation that rings throughout the poem is the battle among whites and blacks. The poem begins with the speaker starting that he and his people are under attack. A scuffle division can simply be evoked, imagining two assemblies facing each other. Claude and his cronies are being startled by “hungry dogs,” mocking them. He is urging his cronies to not become weak, comparing them to “hogs hunted and penned in an inglorious spot”, but to battle against those attacking them. Which are the whites, who appear to be “making their mock at our accursed lot?” McKay understands that the battle for equality will be a challenging commission, but he contends blacks to play a part in the battle: "O Kinsmen! …show more content…
McKay takes the attitude to fight back and stand up for, what is considered to be justice for every human’s right. In spirit, action is the fundamental for any change. Deprived of standing up and captivating action, nothing will be finished and the continuous killings against African Americans will forever endure. McKay recognizes that, while fighting the battle death may occur; however, it is important to brawl for the generation after you, do not just stand there waiting to be hunted and killed. McKay, then emboldens those with him to make their deaths noble so “that our precious blood may not be shed in vain.” He wants them to battle in such a way that even those attacking them would have to “honor us though