But then there are the low-down folks, the so-called common element, and they are the majority—may the lord be praised! the people who have their hip of gin on saturday nights and are not too important to themselves or the community, or too well fed, or too learned to watch the lazy world go round. they live on seventh street in washington or state street in chicago and they do not particularly care whether they are like white folks or anybody else. their joy runs, bang! into ecstasy. their religion soars to a shout. work maybe a little today, rest a little tomorrow. play awhile. sing awhile. o, let's dance! these common people are not afraid of spirituals, as for a long time their more intellectual brethren were, and jazz is their child. they furnish a wealth of colorful, distinctive material for any artist because they still hold their own individuality in the face of american standardizations. and perhaps these common people will give to the world its truly great negro artist, the one who is not afraid to be himself. whereas the better-class negro would tell the artist what to do, the people at least let him alone when he does appear. and they are not ashamed of him—if they know he exists at all. and they accept what beauty is their own without question. in at least 150 words, discuss the significance of the word choice in this excerpt from "the negro artist and the racial mountain." how does word choice to convey meaning, and how does this meaning fit into the main argument of the essay?