Read the excerpt from "Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes.I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.I am the worker sold to the machine.I am the Negro, servant to you all.I am the people, humble, hungry, mean—Hungry yet today despite the dream.Beaten yet today—O, Pioneers!I am the man who never got ahead,The poorest worker bartered through the years.

The speaker names himself as a farmer, a worker, a Black servant, and a poor laborer, but these lines point to shared hardship rather than a personal identity crisis or a list of his own jobs. He emphasizes being hungry, beaten, and denied opportunity, showing that he identifies with people who suffer in America. The correct choice is “The speaker identifies with people suffering in America.”

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