It makes me sick to my stomach that I was never taught about James Baldwin in school. I have never heard of him until a couple of years ago. I recently watched the documentary, "I Am Not Your Negro" and it moved me to tears. He was a brilliant/intelligent man that saw the world for what it truly was. And what's most sickening is that nothing has changed. Americans need James Baldwin in their lives
I love James Baldwin as well a great speaker for his time a man who suffered real racism and struggles and i can fully understand his frustration and anger but it's 2020 now things HAVE changed a black man can be anything in this world now Barrack Obama proved this its now entirely up to the black community to move themselves forward but unfortunately BLM is pushing them backwards creating this false narrative that they are still oppressed this attitude is going to create more problems and is just causing more of a divide and its really sad to see 50 years of progress pissed on in a matter of months
Josh Lambert I would feel that way too if I hadn’t grown up with him.... to me he is like family. My mom exposed us to him as kids. He was a beautiful soul. ❤️❤️
A country full of “moral monsters”. That’s how I see the USA right now. I wish it weren’t the case but it’s true. All I see, as an outside observer is anger and intolerance and inanity.
I am 63 years old and now just learning what a brilliant man Baldwin was, academic, author, and activist. I feel short changed in many ways because had I been awakened to this man at an earlier age I could have saved myself from a lot of ignorance and been a better man.
What I find the most powerful of James Baldwin's life and work is his courage. He spoke to power and articulated to the depth of the anguish within the black experience. He did so in such a way as to address systemic structural inequality in America in a confrontational manner and never backed down. Truly an American Black man's voice that brings respect because everything he said was true then and remains true today. The authenticity of such transcends time. He is the most powerful source of inspiration I value in the midst of our current status as we continue to move toward becoming a more perfect union. Thank you, James Baldwin, for your leadership and courage. This is why we still rise.
"The country is, for the first time, worried about the Muslim movement. They shouldn't be worried about the Muslim movement. The problem is to _eliminate the conditions that breed_ the Muslim movement." -James Baldwin
"It's much more sinister because it is much more effective. It's much more effective because it is, after all, comparatively easy to invest a population with a false morale by giving them a false sense of superiority. And it will always break down in a crisis. It's the history of Europe's imperialism. It is one of the reasons we are in this terrible place. It's one of the reasons we have 5 cops standing on a black woman's neck in Birmingham. Because at some point they believed -- they were taught, and they believed -- that they were better than other people because they were white. It leads to a moral bankruptcy. It is inevitable. It cannot but lead there."
He was talking about the Muslim movement in America and the preaching by it of racial superiority. There is a crisis of leadership: leaders are all assassinated.
I remember hearing Baldwin talk on TV in Britain when i was 12 or 13 and not really understaning him. The older I became and the more I experienced, the more I understood and admired him.
37Dionysos it a way they were successful. Weather it’s the millions in those for profit prison or the tens of million of family taken for every dollar they can get only because someone they love, who the corporation determined had more value locked away. Then have another 200 million who was determined to generate more wealth out side in “society” what is called in the American dream prison. That’s a life of work and paying their tolls under threat of death by their thugs and victimless crimes they deemed unlawful then maybe get enough time to get a whole weekend off to see the people you love. 1/3 of your life and give 2/3 of your life so you and your family are not homeless or playing bill paying wack a mole and don’t have to use every hour of their time thinking of just making it. I say they did just that, the corporations surpassed citizen and taken care of first and citizens get the “privileged” , should be on our knees thanking them for our very existence.
Everything hes saying is still true in 2018. Not only is it current, its getting worse, a fast paced regression of the very small bit of change that has occurred is in progress.
Why do one country has to move on the death of someone and not through the logical and facts that for example James had so many years ago? Why do we have to raise before death and join force, fear, anger and strength and protest? Why does racism has to take lives to move us all in one heart, one feeling, one mind? James was a great figure that we all should learn, understand and apply. We need no more deaths!
absolutely! It's always easier to want people to stop making noise rather than investigate what is making them angry in the first place and addressing THAT.
Everyone always says I didn't learn this in school and I didn't learn that in school. The Internet always taught me a lot more than school ever could, so I'd never think to say that in the first place.
He's brilliant! I discovered him at age 17, in English class, in Montreal, Quebec (l was still learning English then). That summer I set up to read all his writings (1984).
i think James Baldwin being an educated gay man was necessary for his calling in black movement and being an intellectual influencer and motivational speaker I perceive it made him interesting enough to get into certain places that if he wasn't who he was he may have not fitted in....people of influence and power wanted him talking, speaking...telling his truth and he made all races whom followed him think. He made the difference that were appointed to him. I am one of Mr. Baldwins' comrades and constituents. He stood for Right no matter how that looked to others.
The celebrities of old had our best interest's at heart. If they had a platform, they always used it to speak out about the injustices of their people. Now celebrities either can't (which in some cases is known to be true) that some really want to give back but the "powers that be"it can only allow them to do this in certain ways. A playground perhaps, a rec center, or if their lucky some computers to their schools. But they are literally not allowed to build schools, (Even Oprah did it oversees and that's all suspect as the true motivation) or anything else that has to do with the education or history of their Communities. Or, either they just don't give a shit. There are some who look like us, but live in that white world and actually think the people around them can be trusted. That is all they know, and are used for the purposes needed at the time. They have completely sold out and I don't know if they could ever be redeemed...
I can vote for all things equality and treat everyone with dignity and respect. I can volunteer and donate to programs that help Black Americans excel. I can do all of these things with sincerity and love in my heart, but I cannot for the life of me change the resentment that has grown to the point of explosion for the errors of the past. Therefore I can only accept accountability for the things that I do as an individual, I do not represent a collective group. I do think social and racial improvements would come if ALL people were judged as individuals and not collective groups. America has a history of categorizing people by race and ethnicity and wealth. That is what needs to stop first and foremost, then we can begin to move forward.
When issues of oppression arise as they often should in public discourse, one can measure the quality of that democracy by results driven data. If you have someone in power that intentionally distorted the DNA records of hundreds of incarcerated men, and there has been a trend to free those wrongly imprisioned. Where is that individual's hat in his hand apology, fine, loss of pension and jail time? How many pot related non-violent prisoners are rotting away for what is currently legal or a minor offense? For profit jails are anti democratic and profoundly shameful, but I'll hear "Someday things will change.." while in a rocking chair with a blanket over my legs. As the disproportionate number of men are African American citizens, placing an emphasis on injustice regarding the criminal conviction requires an open minded court. Yes it's my species, of course we're all citizens with the same rights, but the immediacy of someone languishing in jail isn't solely about our near sacred abstract ideals. Inequity as an issue is about economic injustice as a context; it's the wedge politics of the powerful intentionally debasing our fellows with the issue is racism as a means toward sustaining that injustice. Shame and the natural opposition to narcissistic and sociopathic behavior requires that we point out just who is getting hurt the most, how often and why. (How about an exhausting survey on church sermons during election years?) Rhode Island, by law, kept African American veterans from GI Bill benefits. That generations of my students lost out on what my white father was able use inorder to become a school teacher and better the lives of his family, that gross inequity is so obviously wrong that long term reparations should be on the table. Yes, "I'm Sparticus" resonates with "the better angels of our nature" but the 'Ethiopean's' sacrifice has to be perceived in the foreground that injustice isnt just the fade for a generation of liberals.
James Baldwin the moral observatory asking existential questions. In that time only 'intellectuals' could afford to think like that. We tend to forget that TODAY MORE THAN EVER people of ALL KIND, RELIGION, COLOR and INCOME ask with the utmost seriousness exactly THE SAME QUESTIONS. International organisations do not even come that far to recognize this, they only deal with small parts of existential questions. Examples: a woman in the USA starts to ask herself WHAT ON EARTH she is doing when working 16 HOURS a DAY and NOT ABLE TO PAY THE BILLS. An existential question. People working in BELGIAN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS asking themselves WHAT ON EARTH IS THE MEANING OF THEIR JOB. Another existential question. IMMIGRANTS who THOUGHT to find a decent life in EUROPE, now begging on the streets ask THEMSELVES THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION WHY THEY RISKED LIFE AND LIMB. Another existential question. So we see that individuals today are occupied with existential questions whereas politics and international institutions are not. FACTUM. One thing is sure, it won't come from politics, it won't come from today's music...It will come from the people themselves. Feel free to give me a correcting tic.
MY POP WAS A TRUE BELIEVER IN EDUCATION. SO MY MOM PACKED UP AND WE MOVED TO ANOTHER ALL WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE WE WOULD GET A WHITE EDUCATION UNTIL ALL 6 OF WE CHILDREN GRADUATED.FROM SCHOOL. MY POP TOLD MY MOM THEY ARE NOT TEACHING THE NEGRO CHILDREN IN THE ALL BLACK SCHOOLS WHAT THEY ARE TEACHING THE WHITE CHILDREN IN THE ALL WHITE SCHOOL'S. SO I WAS ALWAYS THE ONLY LITTLE BEAUTIFUL WELL DRESSED LITTLE BLACK GIRL IN ALL MY CLASSES. NOW AT THE TIME WE.WERE NOT TAUGHT ABOUT COLOR SKIN DIFFERENCE IN OUR HOME. GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME. AMEN AMEN AMEN
As an elderly African-American man, those words, that indictment, haunts and frightens me. It breaks my heart. I first heard it on the James Baldwin award winning documentary, I Am Not Your Negro. I can see the pain on Baldwin's face having to make that indictment about a culture, but the truth must be said. It brought back a painful memory from the early 60's when I was one of the first students to integrate our local white high school. My mother who was an educator herself, most heart breaking statement and fear for me during that integration was "those white folks won't care for our children". Her confusion and pain was like Baldwin's. Fifty fives years later she proved more prophetic than she could ever have realized. The reality is that we seem to be overwhelmed by morale monsters these days and can't seem to find our way through. Or have allowed them to lead us in becoming willing participants in our own extinction.
This brings tears to my eyes. He’s so right. And we’re still going through it. WTF. And why????? Because some white people in power are Insecure??????? WTF.
Baldwin in full effect. Can anyone cite the interview this was taken from? I recognize his interviewer, so this is part of something larger--what was this taken from?
⭐ You are cool ngamanye amaxesha - Sometimes you get too excited . What role do I play and iyaphi lento ? Is it beneficial long term ? Uyayazi into elungileyo nengalunganga . Isn't it terrifying that abantu aren't even terrified anymore of degrading themselves ngokwenze ubunuku bazalaka. Hate it but it's true. The greatest investment you can ever make is in yourself. You know exactly how people are , accept it. However be careful , that your sutuation does not break into a crisis ....of depression.
Does suffering cause progress? Or is suffering necessary for progress? Is this a direct challenge to the Buddhist principle? Like we have to accept our suffering rather than try to shy away from it, or denounce it?
It makes me sick to my stomach that I was never taught about James Baldwin in school. I have never heard of him until a couple of years ago. I recently watched the documentary, "I Am Not Your Negro" and it moved me to tears. He was a brilliant/intelligent man that saw the world for what it truly was. And what's most sickening is that nothing has changed. Americans need James Baldwin in their lives
Agree, enough of Mr. Martin Luther King Jr.....I think we need more examples other than MLK.
@@sameensaeed4136 Malcolm X
I love James Baldwin as well a great speaker for his time a man who suffered real racism and struggles and i can fully understand his frustration and anger but it's 2020 now things HAVE changed a black man can be anything in this world now Barrack Obama proved this its now entirely up to the black community to move themselves forward but unfortunately BLM is pushing them backwards creating this false narrative that they are still oppressed this attitude is going to create more problems and is just causing more of a divide and its really sad to see 50 years of progress pissed on in a matter of months
Josh Lambert I would feel that way too if I hadn’t grown up with him.... to me he is like family. My mom exposed us to him as kids. He was a beautiful soul. ❤️❤️
But you found him, so you are one of the lucky ones. Spread the word!
What is devastating about James Baldwin is that his words are true still today.
A country full of “moral monsters”. That’s how I see the USA right now. I wish it weren’t the case but it’s true. All I see, as an outside observer is anger and intolerance and inanity.
This man was so intelligent and so profound. I wish I could go back and sit and talk with him over lunch, my dollar.
Jay Scribe Ditto
Ditto.
James Baldwin is one of my favorite writers!
Jay Scribe, I totally agree that having lunch with a man so intelligent, but not arrogant, eloquent, etc would be a dream.
Agree Jay. I am literally glued to the screen when I hear this man speak.
I am 63 years old and now just learning what a brilliant man Baldwin was, academic, author, and activist. I feel short changed in many ways because had I been awakened to this man at an earlier age I could have saved myself from a lot of ignorance and been a better man.
For me woman.
I also am 63 white guy this man is truly genius
Your job is to educate yourself. That goes for any age
I was raised knowing and learning about/from Baldwin... a great honor and I will share and pay it forward.
Even as a white Canadian from the suburbs, the fact that I had to find out about James Baldwin by accident is a great tragedy.
J'ai eu la chance de le découvrir dans un cours d'anglais au collège Saint-Laurent en 1984. Depuis, j'ai dévoré tous ses écrits.
What I find the most powerful of James Baldwin's life and work is his courage. He spoke to power and articulated to the depth of the anguish within the black experience. He did so in such a way as to address systemic structural inequality in America in a confrontational manner and never backed down. Truly an American Black man's voice that brings respect because everything he said was true then and remains true today. The authenticity of such transcends time. He is the most powerful source of inspiration I value in the midst of our current status as we continue to move toward becoming a more perfect union. Thank you, James Baldwin, for your leadership and courage. This is why we still rise.
James Baldwin makes me proud to be Black! The intelligence that the brother had was unequaled, bar none!
always be proud of who and what you are 🙅🏻♀️✊🏼🙏🏼❣️
He was articulate but his emotional intelligence was without a doubt, monumental
"The country is, for the first time, worried about the Muslim movement. They shouldn't be worried about the Muslim movement. The problem is to _eliminate the conditions that breed_ the Muslim movement."
-James Baldwin
He fights back so many tears.
I dont blame him. I do that too.
"It's much more sinister because it is much more effective. It's much more effective because it is, after all, comparatively easy to invest a population with a false morale by giving them a false sense of superiority. And it will always break down in a crisis. It's the history of Europe's imperialism. It is one of the reasons we are in this terrible place. It's one of the reasons we have 5 cops standing on a black woman's neck in Birmingham. Because at some point they believed -- they were taught, and they believed -- that they were better than other people because they were white. It leads to a moral bankruptcy. It is inevitable. It cannot but lead there."
I have never read anybody striking at the core of this issue. This statement comes closest to perfectly capturing the reality and sentiment of it.
He broke that shit, DOWN!!!!
He was talking about the Muslim movement in America and the preaching by it of racial superiority. There is a crisis of leadership: leaders are all assassinated.
I remember hearing Baldwin talk on TV in Britain when i was 12 or 13 and not really understaning him. The older I became and the more I experienced, the more I understood and admired him.
"There are 20 million people in this country. And you can't put them all in jail."
For-Profit Prisons: "Hold my beer..."
gridpoint ⚰️⚰️⚰️
No, but they're sure still trying like hell...
37Dionysos it a way they were successful. Weather it’s the millions in those for profit prison or the tens of million of family taken for every dollar they can get only because someone they love, who the corporation determined had more value locked away.
Then have another 200 million who was determined to generate more wealth out side in “society” what is called in the American dream prison. That’s a life of work and paying their tolls under threat of death by their thugs and victimless crimes they deemed unlawful then maybe get enough time to get a whole weekend off to see the people you love. 1/3 of your life and give 2/3 of your life so you and your family are not homeless or playing bill paying wack a mole and don’t have to use every hour of their time thinking of just making it. I say they did just that, the corporations surpassed citizen and taken care of first and citizens get the “privileged” , should be on our knees thanking them for our very existence.
This man makes me cry. I swear we have no one like him or X....
Yes
Same.
Mr. James Baldwin....an Absolute Genius.
Christ! This man was in alot of pain.
Mr.Baldwin was on point.He speaks clear and precise.
He’s talking about stuff that’s still going on today! 2018.........
Yes he is
DN PORTER cycle? More like an inclined line.
True
scary shit
2019...
he is to me one of the best we've ever had bless his soul and thank you James
Always interesting listening to Mr Baldwin.
This is so true in today's world too.
#SAVEGAZANOW
What SHOULD be a vintage curiosity, is actually a terrifying realty check on how little has actually changed in the "United" States of America. 🇺🇸
James Baldwin makes me proud to be a human !
Amen to that!
You can almost feel Jimmys pain. A very moving clip.
Mr Baldwin, your moral enlightenment is so much needed, still!!!!😣 16th August of 2020
I feel very lucky to have grown up learning about James Baldwin through my family.
Everything hes saying is still true in 2018. Not only is it current, its getting worse, a fast paced regression of the very small bit of change that has occurred is in progress.
4:45 We've gone from 5 cops standing on a black woman's neck in Birmingham to 3 cops in Minneapolis. RIP George Floyd.
I caught that
Andrew Mann So did I. Wish here was more content to that brief, swift statement.
The whole George Floyd thing was orchestrated.
I wouldn't compare that to George Floyd
Why do one country has to move on the death of someone and not through the logical and facts that for example James had so many years ago? Why do we have to raise before death and join force, fear, anger and strength and protest? Why does racism has to take lives to move us all in one heart, one feeling, one mind? James was a great figure that we all should learn, understand and apply. We need no more deaths!
Everything James Baldwin spoke of is in Living Reality TODAY.
To be black in America is so profoundly expressed by Balwin. He represents us proudly ,and painfully to this very day.
This man's pain trespasses the screen and loudly screams until this day.
absolutely! It's always easier to want people to stop making noise rather than investigate what is making them angry in the first place and addressing THAT.
I'm in awe at his articulate expression. His words are palpable!!!!
James Baldwin is deeper than the Marianas Trench.
To be intelligent is a must. To survive is a fight and will always be. So FIGHT!!🇺🇸
Everyone always says I didn't learn this in school and I didn't learn that in school. The Internet always taught me a lot more than school ever could, so I'd never think to say that in the first place.
All the things he has said, low key are still very relevant.
He said it, "moral monsters"
Brilliant!! He speaks the truth...
He's brilliant! I discovered him at age 17, in English class, in Montreal, Quebec (l was still learning English then). That summer I set up to read all his writings (1984).
wow. thats amazing
My role is society is NOT with the elite. I tell you that. Your money is no good here. KEEP IT!!!
James Baldwin would hit you with the truth. There's no way to go back to sleep once you are woken up by the sound of his voice.
The fact that this is overwhelmingly and disturbingly relevant today
i think James Baldwin being an educated gay man was necessary for his calling in black movement and being an intellectual influencer and motivational speaker I perceive it made him interesting enough to get into certain places that if he wasn't who he was he may have not fitted in....people of influence and power wanted him talking, speaking...telling his truth and he made all races whom followed him think. He made the difference that were appointed to him. I am one of Mr. Baldwins' comrades and constituents. He stood for Right no matter how that looked to others.
I am in love with this man. Why don't they teach about him in school?
Amazing intellect, great communicator...could listen for hours
He is still ahead of our time.
James Baldwin was a GENIUS. He had so much insight concerning the Black experience in America.
I love this brother’s intellect.
Beautiful Giant
Perfect for this time... they have become moral monsters. Tell me that is not what we see in the Whitehouse, and across this land.
A literal trainwreck of a human being. Worse yet, his mindless followers don't care.
@@Mark-pp7jy The train wreck is racists like you why can't handle the truth.
@@ajl2232 I was referring to Trump.
2:10 cannot liberate me...& 5:00 - racism has caused this
still dealing with the same problems and hearing the identical arguments from conservatives
Um homem inteligente com uma visão a frente do seu tempo.
One thing to know. People are not stupid by nature, they are held stupid.
Wow. I feel his pain.
Full Interview!
The celebrities of old had our best interest's at heart.
If they had a platform, they always used it to speak out about the
injustices of their people. Now celebrities either can't (which in some cases
is known to be true) that some really want to give back but the "powers that be"it
can only allow them to do this in certain ways. A playground perhaps, a rec center,
or if their lucky some computers to their schools. But they are literally not allowed to build schools,
(Even Oprah did it oversees and that's all suspect as the true motivation) or anything
else that has to do with the education or history of their Communities. Or, either they just don't give a shit.
There are some who look like us, but live in that white world and actually think the people around them can be trusted. That is all they know, and are used for the purposes needed at the time. They have completely sold out and I don't know if they could ever be redeemed...
They are doing the same trash now.
Wow this is why history is so very important ,it repeats itself. I could show Mr Baldwin in this film and it's as pertinent today as it was then.
Eliminate the roots of the problem 🧠
15 April 2024
Why didn’t we learn about him in school? Rhetorical question of course.
I can vote for all things equality and treat everyone with dignity and respect. I can volunteer and donate to programs that help Black Americans excel. I can do all of these things with sincerity and love in my heart, but I cannot for the life of me change the resentment that has grown to the point of explosion for the errors of the past. Therefore I can only accept accountability for the things that I do as an individual, I do not represent a collective group. I do think social and racial improvements would come if ALL people were judged as individuals and not collective groups. America has a history of categorizing people by race and ethnicity and wealth. That is what needs to stop first and foremost, then we can begin to move forward.
When issues of oppression arise as they often should in public discourse, one can measure the quality of that democracy by results driven data. If you have someone in power that intentionally distorted the DNA records of hundreds of incarcerated men, and there has been a trend to free those wrongly imprisioned. Where is that individual's hat in his hand apology, fine, loss of pension and jail time? How many pot related non-violent prisoners are rotting away for what is currently legal or a minor offense? For profit jails are anti democratic and profoundly shameful, but I'll hear "Someday things will change.." while in a rocking chair with a blanket over my legs. As the disproportionate number of men are African American citizens, placing an emphasis on injustice regarding the criminal conviction requires an open minded court. Yes it's my species, of course we're all citizens with the same rights, but the immediacy of someone languishing in jail isn't solely about our near sacred abstract ideals. Inequity as an issue is about economic injustice as a context; it's the wedge politics of the powerful intentionally debasing our fellows with the issue is racism as a means toward sustaining that injustice. Shame and the natural opposition to narcissistic and sociopathic behavior requires that we point out just who is getting hurt the most, how often and why. (How about an exhausting survey on church sermons during election years?) Rhode Island, by law, kept African American veterans from GI Bill benefits. That generations of my students lost out on what my white father was able use inorder to become a school teacher and better the lives of his family, that gross inequity is so obviously wrong that long term reparations should be on the table. Yes, "I'm Sparticus" resonates with "the better angels of our nature" but the 'Ethiopean's' sacrifice has to be perceived in the foreground that injustice isnt just the fade for a generation of liberals.
So much pain in division God must help.
" thats not the problem, the problem is to eliminate what breeds the muslim movements "!!!! Well said
Fantastic Cuz pearls of wisdom
fantastic: He was talking about the Nation Of Isalm, which is very different from anything else calling itself Islam.
Can you imagine listening to all this and thinking .... "oh well" (Pure evil)
James Baldwin the moral observatory asking existential questions. In that time only 'intellectuals' could afford to think like that. We tend to forget that TODAY MORE THAN EVER people of ALL KIND, RELIGION, COLOR and INCOME ask with the utmost seriousness exactly THE SAME QUESTIONS. International organisations do not even come that far to recognize this, they only deal with small parts of existential questions. Examples: a woman in the USA starts to ask herself WHAT ON EARTH she is doing when working 16 HOURS a DAY and NOT ABLE TO PAY THE BILLS. An existential question. People working in BELGIAN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS asking themselves WHAT ON EARTH IS THE MEANING OF THEIR JOB. Another existential question. IMMIGRANTS who THOUGHT to find a decent life in EUROPE, now begging on the streets ask THEMSELVES THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION WHY THEY RISKED LIFE AND LIMB. Another existential question. So we see that individuals today are occupied with existential questions whereas politics and international institutions are not. FACTUM. One thing is sure, it won't come from politics, it won't come from today's music...It will come from the people themselves. Feel free to give me a correcting tic.
Amazing to hear him speak about Malcolm x’s speaking. Why aren’t James Baldwin and Malcolm x taught in schools as much as Martin Luther king ?
MY POP WAS A TRUE BELIEVER IN EDUCATION. SO MY MOM PACKED UP AND WE MOVED TO ANOTHER ALL WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE WE WOULD GET A WHITE EDUCATION UNTIL ALL 6 OF WE CHILDREN GRADUATED.FROM SCHOOL. MY POP TOLD MY MOM THEY ARE NOT TEACHING THE NEGRO CHILDREN IN THE ALL BLACK SCHOOLS WHAT THEY ARE TEACHING THE WHITE CHILDREN IN THE ALL WHITE SCHOOL'S. SO I WAS ALWAYS THE ONLY LITTLE BEAUTIFUL WELL DRESSED LITTLE BLACK GIRL IN ALL MY CLASSES. NOW AT THE TIME WE.WERE NOT TAUGHT ABOUT COLOR SKIN DIFFERENCE IN OUR HOME. GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME. AMEN AMEN AMEN
Articulate & Informative
2018 ohhhh yes man what a great human being
I know this feeling, and this is what the Palestinian lives today.
"Urban renewal", I'm sure in 2023 it has been renamed however still have the same concept.
"...moral monsters."
As an elderly African-American man, those words, that indictment, haunts and frightens me. It breaks my heart. I first heard it on the James Baldwin award winning documentary, I Am Not Your Negro. I can see the pain on Baldwin's face having to make that indictment about a culture, but the truth must be said. It brought back a painful memory from the early 60's when I was one of the first students to integrate our local white high school. My mother who was an educator herself, most heart breaking statement and fear for me during that integration was "those white folks won't care for our children". Her confusion and pain was like Baldwin's. Fifty fives years later she proved more prophetic than she could ever have realized. The reality is that we seem to be overwhelmed by morale monsters these days and can't seem to find our way through. Or have allowed them to lead us in becoming willing participants in our own extinction.
This brings tears to my eyes. He’s so right. And we’re still going through it. WTF. And why????? Because some white people in power are Insecure??????? WTF.
Moral monster's
💯FACTS
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Imagine that, Gay black super intelligence and NOT SCARED!!!
peace fam🤜🏾💥❤
Very good.
Think this is playing a bit fast. Slowed it down to hear every word.
Amen
Baldwin in full effect. Can anyone cite the interview this was taken from? I recognize his interviewer, so this is part of something larger--what was this taken from?
does anyone have any Baldwin clips or literature to recommend? I'm just getting into him
⭐ You are cool ngamanye amaxesha - Sometimes you get too excited .
What role do I play and iyaphi lento ? Is it beneficial long term ?
Uyayazi into elungileyo nengalunganga . Isn't it terrifying that abantu aren't even terrified anymore of degrading themselves ngokwenze ubunuku bazalaka.
Hate it but it's true. The greatest investment you can ever make is in yourself.
You know exactly how people are , accept it. However be careful , that your sutuation does not break into a crisis ....of depression.
The 'dilenma' is all about intelligence. Who has it, and who doesn't. Innit
dilemma
"Liberate those people in Cuba" psssshh wrong
G.O.A.T
2020
I thought it was dilemma
thanks
Does suffering cause progress? Or is suffering necessary for progress? Is this a direct challenge to the Buddhist principle? Like we have to accept our suffering rather than try to shy away from it, or denounce it?
All men are created equal… America is the best country on the planet .. there’s been a black President since …
so sad
This man is the MASTER of the “dramatic pause”. Shatter, eat your problematic-ass heart out.
No one with a conscious could live in the US, may God break the US into several different countries and end the madness! Please God Please!
Everyone wants to be like him nowadays, but with violence instead of words
What’s a dilenma?