Read the excerpt from the poem "harlem" by langston hughes. what happens to a dream deferred? does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? * * * maybe it just sags like a heavy load. or does it explode? according to the poem, the speaker feels that the relationship between whites and african americans is happy and equal. tense and unequal. strong but calm. unhappy but peaceful.

According to the poem, the speaker feels that the relationship between whites and African Americans is TENSE AND UNEQUAL.

The poem belongs to the artistic wave called Harlem Renaissance, which exposed the conditions of life of the African-American population and their constant struggles for equality, due to the segregation suffered on the part of the white population.

The poem speaks of the relationship between both groups sagging, with the probability of exploding; that is to say, it tells us that it is not stable and calm, but on the contrary, tense, unequal and dangerous.