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4.61 AVERAGE
I took a while to finish but great book! You really need to be in a clear-minded headspace when reading this book. This book felt like I was reading someone’s journal, which was beautifully & poetically written. Definitely recommend reading for those that want to challenge their thinking and want a better understanding of colorism, racism, or systematic racism.
Incredible to think a book that was first published in 1963 is still as relevant today as it was back then
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Over 60 years old and still, unfortunately, applies to today. James Baldwin was a genius.
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i need to sit and think about this for a while, i think. the audiobook was beautiful, but i wish i could keep perusing through the pages of a physical copy.
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“The American Negro has the great advantage of having never believed the collection of myths to which white Americans cling: that their ancestors were all freedom-loving heroes, that they were born in the greatest country the world has ever seen, or that Americans are invincible in battle and wise in peace, that Americans have always dealt honorably with Mexicans and Indians and all other neighbors or inferiors, that American men are the world's most direct and virile, that American women are pure. Negroes know far more about white Americans than that; it can almost be said, in fact, that they know about white Americans what parents—or, anyway, mothers—know about their children, and that they very often regard white Americans that way. And perhaps this attitude, held in spite of what they know and have endured, helps to explain why Negroes, on the whole, and until lately, have allowed themselves to feel so little hatred. The tendency has really been, insofar as this was possible, to dismiss white people as the slightly mad victims of their own brainwashing.”
Highly recommend for all, should be required reading for high schoolers in the US.
A poignant reflection on James Baldwin's childhhood in Harlem and a stark portrayal of the repercussions of racial inequity. The author composes two impassioned "letters" penned during the Emancipation Proclamation's 100 year anniversary, urging both Black and white Americans to confront the enduring impact of racism. A blend of sermon, challenges, personal revelation, legal testimony, statement of belief, and historical narrative. The Fire Next Time is a timeless masterpiece in American literature.
A poignant reflection on James Baldwin's childhhood in Harlem and a stark portrayal of the repercussions of racial inequity. The author composes two impassioned "letters" penned during the Emancipation Proclamation's 100 year anniversary, urging both Black and white Americans to confront the enduring impact of racism. A blend of sermon, challenges, personal revelation, legal testimony, statement of belief, and historical narrative. The Fire Next Time is a timeless masterpiece in American literature.
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Incredibly powerful book. Baldwin’s prose beautifully conveys the conflict that he feels within himself and within the American soul. As relevant now as it was when it was written. Could not recommend more.
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Now I need to get my hands on some more Baldwin. He writes with such conviction and and just pulls you in. I did not know that he was courted by Elijah Mohammed from the Nation. It was quite a take listening to his perspective on a meeting he had, their views and perspective on history, his analysis of these views and response.