Analysis Of The Fire Next Time By James Baldwin

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"The brutality with which Negroes are treated in this country simply cannot be overstated, however unwilling white men may be to hear it." James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time. America’s dark past slavery, segregation and now mass incarceration are the things people had to face with who were not white. But lived in America land of the free and the home of the brave. James Baldwin who grew up in Harlem where you can see a lot of violence and everywhere else where white people tried to kill you. The racism of Baldwin's day is in no way compared to today. Racists are shunned in modern society. And a lot of people Get away with being racist and doing racist things. In Baldwin time black people were getting killed because they were black. Now days people go to prison for wrong things or small crimes that they …show more content…
From him came all brown, yellow, red, and white people. By using a special method of birth control law, the Blackman was able to produce the white race. This method of birth control was developed by a Black scientist known as Yakub, who envisioned making and teaching a nation of people who would be diametrically opposed to the Original People “Elijah Muhammad”. The Nation of Islam believed that Elijah Muhammad was a messenger and was taught by God Himself. They used to think white people are from the devil and blacks are superior. Baldwin claims that churches should operate under the principles of Faith, Hope, and Charity, but in his opinion they instead operate under the principles of Blindness. Baldwin describes his experience of meeting and talking with Elijah Muhammad on pages 60-82. In this section, he shares what Elijah Muhammad thinks and believes. In pages 82 and beyond, Baldwin questions Muhammad's idea of racial separation and points out the problems of treating any person, white or black, differently because of skin color. As a white person coming from Kaliningrad, Russia seeing diversity makes me