James Baldwin & Africa-America
Here are some interesting video's featuring writer/activist/essayist James Baldwin I've been checking out over at Black Looks . I'm really getting more interested in his work after watching these video's. He is highly intelligent and perceptive about human nature, psychology and racism. I have a keen interest in the African-American experience and I regularly read blogs like The Root , thus I find these videos fascinating. African-Americans have so much potential to be a great and unique people, but there are things that hold them back (I think mostly self-inflicted.) I still have hope Barack Obama's presidency could be a turning point in their history. "Take this Hammer" Take This Hammer from Brendan Nee on Vimeo . "I've always known that I'm not a n*gger..but if I am not the n*gger.. and if it's true that your invention reveals you, then who is the n*gger?"