![]() But race itself, the neat little invention of greedy men desperate for a righteous excuse to conquer their darker-skinned business partners.Īnti-racist scholars and activists familiar with Baldwin’s work find comfort in how raw and comprehensive his written pictures of America are. But the ones I find most bold aren’t the ones capturing Black pain or rage, rather, the daring claims that White people suffer as much as Black people, if not more, due to race. “White people in this country will have quite enough to do in learning how to accept and love themselves and each other, and when they have achieved this-which will not be tomorrow and may very well be never-the Negro problem will no longer exist, for it will no longer be needed.” – James Baldwin, “ Letter From a Region in My Mind,” 1962 ![]() Baldwin in 1955 (Carl Van Vechten/Library of Congress) ![]()
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