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Baldwin's essays (questions (What is the most important thing about…

- - - - What kind of relationship did JB (/and siblings) have with his father? How did that affect him?
- - - - schizophrenic and paranoid
      - didn't trust white people
      - christian preacher
      - nasty, uptight, dictatorial, oppressive, strict, disciplinarian
      - died when JB was 19
      - not a good relationship with his kids
  - - - before the civil rights laws
      - worked in New Jersey
        
        more racism
      - moved to Paris
        
        more freedom
        
        poor life
- - - - stereotypical black man
        
        oppressed and oppressor share the same beliefs
        
        black peole unconsciously believe and replicate racist ideology
        
        violent, threatening, dangerous
  - - - antislavery
        
        maintains racist principles
        
        whiteness is virtue
        
        difficult for a 19th century white woman to overcome such mindsets
    - - shortly before civil war
      - not a symbol of racial progress
- - - - in New Jersey he's discriminated
        
        ‘‘One must never ... accept these injustices as commonplace but must fight them with all one’s strength.’’
- - - - no drama or violence
    - - very black characters --> immoral
        
        male characters
        
        desexualised
        
        Pearl Bailey
      - lighter characters --> good
        
        Dorothy
      - music
        
        dialogue
        
        unrealistic, false
        
        badly sung
        
        vulgar and crude lyrics
      - reveals more about white people
        
        disdain of lower class black people
        
        black sexuality too threatening to represent
        
        empty and disturbed psyche
- - - - unclear motivations
      - journey of self discovery
    - - going to Paris to then coming back to America
        
        rediscover their love and appreciation for America
      - clash between reality and fantasy
    - - when living in French families
    - - some are able to adapt and others not