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Below are 11 must-see clips of the great writer and thinker talking about race in America ― everything from the concept of the “nigger” to the prospect of an American black president. Though decades have passed since he spoke them, the words still strike a chord today:
James Baldwin was one of America’s greatest thinkers and writers on the subject of race. What would he have thought about present-day protests against police brutality and for racial equity?
James A. Baldwin. Thinking, White, Racism. It must be remembered that in those great days I was considered to be an "integrationist" - this was never, quite, my own idea of myself - and Malcolm was considered to be a "racist in reverse."
Here are some of Baldwin’s influential quotes on everything from life and love to racism and justice: On Black Americans: “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to...
If The Fire Next Time, Baldwin’s powerful polemic published in 1963, was prophetic, No Name was his own reckoning. It was his answer to how we might respond to the collapse of the Black-freedom...
Editor's note: This piece includes quotes from James Baldwin in which he uses a racial slur. Fimmaker Raoul Peck's Oscar-nominated documentary I Am Not Your Negro features the work of the...
Features. 13 James Baldwin quotes that are still painfully true today. Wisdom on race, social justice, self-belief and more from the prophetic author. Indira Birnie 01 August 2021. Photograph: Getty | Image: Alicia Fernandes/Penguin.
