The ways of white folks

The Ways of White Folks is a collection of short stories by Langston Hughes, published in 1934.Hughes wrote the book during a year he spent living in Carmel, California.The collection, "marked by pessimism about race relations, as well as a sardonic realism or, contextually: humorous racism,"is among his best known works.Like Chesnutt's The Conjure Woman (1899) and Wright's Uncle Tom's Children (1938), it is an example of a short story cycle.The collection consists of 14 short stories:"Cora Unashamed" "Slave on the Block" "Home" "Passing" "A Good Job Gone" "Rejuvenation Through Joy" "The Blues I'm Playing" "Red-Headed Baby" "Poor Little Black Fellow" "Little Dog" "Berry" "Mother and Child" "One Christmas Eve" "Father and Son"