“To be Black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage” – James Baldwin
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James Baldwin
James Baldwin – 1960
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Malcolm X and James Baldwin debate on integration and Black rights
Click through for a great debate between Malcolm X and James Baldwin.
HT Harsha Walia
Community Village‘s insight:
Today in 2014 there is STILL massive segregation in the U.S. and there is STILL systemic racism and oppression. Any who are unsure about this can check Michele Alexander’s research on The New Jim Crow.
The Baldwin-Kennedy meeting
The Baldwin-Kennedy meeting (May 24th 1963) was when Robert Kennedy met James Baldwin to talk at length about race in America. Dramatis Personae: Robert Kennedy – president’s brother, Attorney Gene…
Community Village‘s insight:
This account is telling of current race relations in the U.S.
The oppressors still don’t get it and they think they are not oppressing.
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