James Baldwin's purpose in writing this letter to his nephew was to advise him on the harsh reality being African American.In the letter it states,"Take no one's word for anything including mine."As declared by James Baldwin in the quote it shows that James Baldwin advises his nephew to not take nobodies opinion to serous.On page 1 line 11-12 it has stated,"You can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world calls a nigger."As James Baldwin declares that you will be destroyed mentally if you believe what the white world calls a nigger.As James Baldwin mentions in the letter on page 3 throughout the lines of 67, 68, and 69 it states,"The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you
