 Writer Charles Chesnutt in 1877, for example, notes that there was no indication of his race alongside his publication in "Atlantic Monthly" (at the publisher’s request).A prominent factor in the New Negro’s struggle was that their work had been made out to be “different” or “exotic” to white audiences, making a necessity for black writers to appeal to them and compete with each other to get their work out.Famous black author and poet Langston Hughes explained that black-authored works were placed in a similar fashion to those of oriental or foreign origin, only being used occasionally in comparison to their white-made counterparts