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sols314 's review for:
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
This was my first Baldwin book that I actually discovered through "The Black Panther Pary: A Graphic Novel History". Baldwin's observation of the times during and surrounding the civil rights era is powerful. He examines how black Americans can escape oppression and how some of the thoughts of freedom are flawed. Ultimately concluding that "color is a political reality" and in the west, any color other than white is not the priority. I haven't read a book quite like this one before and was able to take many nuggets from it.
Ultimately I agreed with Baldwin's observations but I also got a sense of what it was like during those times as many black Americans sought equality and how that stands against the efforts being made now. Have we finally come to see the political reality of color? By we, I mean Black Americans. Have white Americans made any progress when it comes to understanding the effects of slavery?
The answer of course is not nearly as much as we probably should. By we, I mean Americans. There is still a disassociation between the race issue and politics.
Ultimately I agreed with Baldwin's observations but I also got a sense of what it was like during those times as many black Americans sought equality and how that stands against the efforts being made now. Have we finally come to see the political reality of color? By we, I mean Black Americans. Have white Americans made any progress when it comes to understanding the effects of slavery?
The answer of course is not nearly as much as we probably should. By we, I mean Americans. There is still a disassociation between the race issue and politics.