Not really. Not I, at least. If anything it mostly depicted the social differences of people, in terms of social class rather than focusing on a racial conflict.
If you put the story in context and read more of Gwendolyn Brooks's poems you may change your impression and re-think the possibility that these differences in social class are proportional to race differences, and to the social opportunities of blacks versus whites during a specific period of time.
Yet, as with all other great poets, Gwendolyn allows the audience to decide for themselves if these social inaccuracies are always inherent to one type of character, or if social injustice is a common malady that could strike anyone, at any time.
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