things+in+common

One of the many problems which occured during the 1950's was that people did not get to know blacks. They did not know what they liked to do. They did not know what their favorite activity was either. They just assumed that blacks were dangerous and evil in every possible way. People would often try to avoid them on the street, thiking that they were dangerous. Blacks were treated like monsters during the 50's. They were turned down, when they tried to go to a restaurant and were not allowed to even share the same bathroom or even school with whites. Few people got to actually know blacks and thought of them as just regular people with darker skin. The message that the author is trying to get out of this poem is that people should not be judged on their skin color but by their personality.