We hear about MLK and Malcolm X all the time, James Baldwin hardly at all, and yet he was at least as important to the civil rights movement. What an inspiring human being.
What a Beautiful and Brilliant Black Man. I would've LOVE to have met him and told him how important he is to his BLACK PEOPLE and how LOVED and RESPECTED he is and was.
Took the words right out my mouth....I love listening to him ....pierces my heart when he was talking about his Father and how he had to watch him. His was conversation with Nikki Giovanni is equally fascinating, how they dialogue and respect Love each other........
@@ruthlieberman7157 probably would be the first Mr. Baldwin would be "silent'. Number 45 (president) is so amazingly, phenomenally ignorant!! what else can be said for this type of person who claims to have descended from human beings when in reality he descended from a baboon!
His voice needs to be heard by every American today, especially the white man! His intelligence and honesty made many uncomfortable but his prophetic thoughts explain so much of why we are still in a struggle.
Good Lord - what an exceptional, wise mind and eloquent, powerful speaker! As other commenters have rightly said: Baldwin should be honoured and listened to as much as ML King and Malcolm X!
Just goes to show. You can talk and try to reason until you are blue in the face but there aren't enough words to change the Heart of Evil. We are still dealing with the same sht. Those People will never ever change no matter how many of them say they want change. They don't want change they want to stop being reminded of their wickedness. They want to forget. Things could stay the same as long as you stop reminding them of the past.
I posted that this morning pertaining to this guy....they want peaceful protest, this man did lectures...to colleges, and seminars alike, and no change
Nate Johnson, yes, there has been change, but not for the better. Hopefully in the wake of George Floyd's martyrdom, this pernicious evil is being purged. I pray that is why there is still this refusal to listen, on the part of whites. They are threatened. It's a spiritual sickness. They ( and I) need to fully live in the rule of oneness. The same God made everyone. When part of the family of man is relentlessly oppressed, the entire body of man is sick. 💜
@@BarbaraPryor-Smith Changed since when? It seemed like the above comment(s) were meaning that nothing has changed since things like Jim Crow laws and the civil rights movement. I hope and pray as well, that God would change people's hearts, as He is the only one capable of doing so. Unfortunately, the sin of predictive will never go away until the Lord comes back. I would disagree however that black poeple are being oppressed as a group here in America. The statistics show, year after year, that there is no discrimination when it comes to police interaction. Maybe in the justice system in terms of sentencing, but fortunately things are changing thanks to this administration. People are being deceived in order to bring about division. We are heading towards cultural marxism nationwide, it is already here.
@@natej0556 the unwarranted arrests and shootings by officers against black citizens, fatally shooting a woman in her own home because of a phone call from a racist neighbor's call. These lives are taken without any charges against the officers most of the time, until now. Videographic evidence of 9 minutes of coldblooded cruelty was enough to hopefully make hearts change.
I love this man- I would’ve loved to have had dinner with him, to pick his amazing and highly intelligent mind and powerful rhetoric . A beautiful soul ✊🏾💋
All who read or listen to Baldwin (and understand) are simply astonished by his genius. My first thought was "Why isn't all writing like this?" -- as if anyone but Balwin could put a finger on what "this" was!
Clarity, wisdom, insight and resistance, that's James Baldwin, one of the greatest writers and thinker of all times. One adjective is missing still: courageous-minded.
James Baldwin's rhetoric is timeless. Whenever I get into a discussion involving race and American history, I always recommend diving into Baldwin's work.
"...this adoration of immaturity so that we really do get, representing us, an adolescent who is almost 80 years old." He was right, apparently, that immaturity is seen as an American virtue.
44:36 - ...is to rethink and recreate our vocabulary, and that includes "the human race." We are all in this room at the mercy of -- whether or not we know it -- the european vision of the world, and that vision is obsolete. About sums it all up.
When listening to this brilliant man I can only look inwardly to examine the uneasy imagination I’ve been indoctrinated into in order to maintain the brittle construct of the so-called American dream. We as a nation are going to destroy each other unless we start to except the truth. I can’t say I love all people but I can say I care for all people but ultimately we as Americans in order to continue to enjoy living in this republic we must include the problems and injustices of all its citizens as our own. .#Blacklivesnotonlymatttertheyareessential.
This is painful, because Mr. Baldwin looks ill and yet is still fighting... Believe me, he did his job! Here we are in 2024, still absorbing and FINALLY understanding his words, 'cause the DAMN SURE STILL apply!!! God rest his soul; Ase'!
The world needs more people like this. JB's intelligence, wisdom, creativity, insightful and thoughtful nature, and deep humanity are a credit to the human race.
The vocabulary of ethnic and racial distinctions have outlived the glorious poetic chances of optimism that Baldwin precited, particulalrly on the African continet.
Some people there really don't care for what Mr. Baldwin is saying. You can tell by their disinterest. Sad. That's why he says things don't change. The indifference is still there.
James Baldwin has an important message, it's time we realise that we are both blank and white, get away with injustice and cruelty... People should always look at the marginalised and see how they live... Be honest to our own selves.
Even a man with such intelligence and insight could still not convince the majority of their wrongdoings. It's quite dissapointing to see that we are in the same situation 34 years later as people continue to refuse to see things at face value as they live in their perpetual delusions of apathy and ignorance. Despite of the cynical feelings held for today's world, I do hold some level of hope with the ongoing national protests and discussions of racial inequality in mainstream media. RIP Baldwin
Wow! I am listening to him speak and I can clearly hear that is asthma is just acting up. His chest is tight, but he hung in there. Talk about commitment
Well he was a heavy smoker & he died in December 1987 of stomach cancer. He was only 63 when he died, but he looks a lot older. He's breathing does sound labored, but he did hang in there like a trooper.
'this never has been or will be a white country' 24:30 👍 'whiteness a state of mind' 39:40 👍 'a modest proposal: white history week' 41:33 🤔 'white people don't know who they are or where they come from' 42:20 🤔 'there's no question of liberating me when you can't liberate yourself' 42:40 👍 53:26 'I know that I have black and white ancestors' 👍 'we are.connected and that connection should be our tribe and our glory, not our shame' 53:52 ♥ 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 ❤
Imagine if we all had the same opportunity to be educated and succeed??? Imagine the contributions blacks would've given to American society. Imagine how advanced we would be. Imagine how progressive we would be. Then adding all others that came later. The Jews, Asians, Indians, Latinos...etc. To welcome immigrants, processibg them and allowing them to flourish is the very idea of America. Of course, they all assimilated and prospered mainly because of their straight hair, pale face and fact that they have some group lower on the totem pole. Yet, America will not grow beyond a certain point because of how it treats the very people who helped to build her.
If there’s a bio pic of James Baldwin, I hope they hire/cast Dave Chappelle to play him! Not to be racist!!!! But all of the history books we are assigned to study from elementary school all the way through college have, respectful, White people painted at the bad guy but somehow our teachers spin it to seem as though the Whites were right. Literally, just about every history in our schools shows them going around the world wreaking havoc. I’m not making it up. If your have kids, no matter what race they are, ask them what then learned in there history class today.
I'm a proud black man in amerikkka living good hold a job place psy my own way in life no welfare finished school 28 yrs ago both my parents still here came from a good home
The cc caption is inaccurate. It does not capture the actual words of Mr James Baldwin. Often I noticed the CC caption skips some of his words and you can see this in 17:54 where he says he 'loathes them' 'cc captures loves them'
This man has spent his lifetime documenting the life of the black man in American history. I never knew of him until today, and that is a crime. He has such a brilliant mind.
I find it weird that James Baldwin has been very influentual in the 60s and 70s, but his public image has so absolutely fallen into disrepair that I didn't even know about this man until a few months ago. It seems to me that Baldwin hasn't really been the kind of simple figurehead that you can make him into, like Malcolm X for the black nationalists and MLK for mainstream white liberals. Malcolm X and MLK were also not the mythical creatures they later were claimed to be, but they were much more conducive for simplification. Baldwin however was a much more complex figure and he never really had the kind of cult following that others used to have. He was just himself, a bitter intellectual that liked to give thoughtful impulses but whose lifework was always underappreciated, until this day. Also, he was gay. The black church didn't want his legacy as a gay rights activist.
“And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.” Genesis 15:13-14 KJV
Every time they make him stand and sit, very irritating. Best to keep the Mike where James Baldwin sits, very insensitive in their own way, Fine person with brilliant mind, love to hear him, rest in peace and keep living in many hearts.
In my uneducated opinion, Mr. Baldwin was addressing an audience of morons, just going by the questions. Mr. Baldwin was a Rockstar, such a lucid and direct individual.
All the conflict is just a turbulent churning of metropolis politics with rural tradtion and both exchanges occur when both is willing to chunt the trash off on the other. The only things exchanged that are actually valued occur underneath it all because the polis would never concede to it or never want anyone to be aware they value it that much or in most cases are unaware anything is being exchanged at all.
The man is a very eloquent author and speaker but it seems to me that he harbors a deep resentment for all white people. It's hard to figure out what he wants America to be, a country of equality and certain social standards and mores (after all, he didn't show up wearing a dashiki) or did he want America to take on an Afrocentric vibe so 20% of the population would somehow show us how to do it "right" ? Regardless I'd like to think if he were alive today he'd tell the young men, both black and white, to pull up their damn pants !!!
He was clear that the future should be about being human and not about race. That way all prejudice would disappear. He implied the same when responding to the question 'what subject interests you most today' where he says he watches children today and notes t&at they are harder to mislead than his generation and will catch on about the racial myths and prejudices, even if his generation keeps lying about them or refuses to acknowledge.
'attempt to liberate the children' 45:30 48:05 'elders have betrayed them [the children] by throwing jaguars and TV sets at them.and other paraphernalia... instead of loving them...and children, unlike their elders, are.not easy fooled' 👏 👏 👏 🥳 🎉 🪅 🎊 🤗 🤗 🤗 🤗
"If you're simple minded enough you can become" ....the president of the United States. Reagan was awful while being considered terrific. Says a lot about the American mind.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Luke 13:1-5 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower of Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Luke 9:23-27 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. 27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. Matthew 19:16-28 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. 23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? 26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. 27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? 28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Galatians 2:16-21 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. 18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. 19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. Romans 1:15-17 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written the just shall live by faith. Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Psalms 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. Ezekiel 18:30-32 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the LORD GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the LORD GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. Romans 3:19-25 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; Acts 26:18-20 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 19 Whereupon, O king Aggripa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. Matthew 5:27-28 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 16:8-11 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
We hear about MLK and Malcolm X all the time, James Baldwin hardly at all, and yet he was at least as important to the civil rights movement. What an inspiring human being.
Why are you surprised? You must be black!
Sir, that is because he was gay! (Homophobia)
@@gouloune1 nobody said they are surprised? Lol?
Because he was, "is", a writer who writes and who is not dependant on nor what is defined on what happens in a day!
Because Baldwin was Black and gay, he was omitted from U S history.
What a Beautiful and Brilliant Black Man. I would've LOVE to have met him and told him how important he is to his BLACK PEOPLE and how LOVED and RESPECTED he is and was.
My HERO !
Took the words right out my mouth....I love listening to him ....pierces my heart when he was talking about his Father and how he had to watch him. His was conversation with Nikki Giovanni is equally fascinating, how they dialogue and respect Love each other........
Talanda Mc Clure why a BLACK man? He is a man
@Indigogoddess1111 Stevens we didnt create them and yet we continue them. Many still profit from them.
@@ca8715 i ask that as well.
One of the smartest Americans in American history.
I can’t help but wonder what would this most eloquent man would have said about the election of one of the most ignorant lowlife in man America.
Ruth Lieberman Chuck Schumer?
Amen to that!
Thank you, pipesone67!
@@ruthlieberman7157 probably would be the first Mr. Baldwin would be "silent'. Number 45 (president) is so amazingly, phenomenally ignorant!! what else can be said for this type of person who claims to have descended from human beings when in reality he descended from a baboon!
He was a man who came along when the country needed him. It still does.
We have NO EDUCATED LEADERS these days ☹
@@mirandabisnou1307 untrue. they are everywhere. when you educate yourself and lead, you too will be one.
@@causeeffect7624
Well, YES.. . You are correct!! Never thought about it that way. Thank You!!💓👍🏼
@@causeeffect7624 absolutely!!
@@mirandabisnou1307 👍
His voice needs to be heard by every American today, especially the white man! His intelligence and honesty made many uncomfortable but his prophetic thoughts explain so much of why we are still in a struggle.
This man was a national treasure. He will be missed
He IS sorely missed . . . now more than ever!
@@kathyanderson9814 03:45 when he mentioned liberating detroit
Good Lord - what an exceptional, wise mind and eloquent, powerful speaker! As other commenters have rightly said: Baldwin should be honoured and listened to as much as ML King and Malcolm X!
This man was way a head of all the world, a true humanitarian.
We have lost so many brilliant black men...sigh
Yes, but we still have so many. Just look in the mirror.
...and women.
BY A-L-L MEAN
How we need his wisdom today. I’m always moved to tears when I hear his words.
I wish James Baldwin were here today. We need him.
him and Helen Thomas, and many others :/
He is here. Just read his work. He's still talking to us, still with us.
@@dingolaystar3873 10:00 what film, our son John
I love it when Baldwin quietly smiles a bit when it's mentioned he was too shy to meet Langston Hughes.
Just an amazing man. One of the greatest minds of all time. His words led you to think on so many levels. I'm thankful for his words and thoughts.
Just goes to show. You can talk and try to reason until you are blue in the face but there aren't enough words to change the Heart of Evil. We are still dealing with the same sht. Those People will never ever change no matter how many of them say they want change. They don't want change they want to stop being reminded of their wickedness. They want to forget. Things could stay the same as long as you stop reminding them of the past.
I posted that this morning pertaining to this guy....they want peaceful protest, this man did lectures...to colleges, and seminars alike, and no change
Alex Hicks there’s been a lot of change, what are you talking about?
Nate Johnson, yes, there has been change, but not for the better. Hopefully in the wake of George Floyd's martyrdom, this pernicious evil is being purged. I pray that is why there is still this refusal to listen, on the part of whites. They are threatened.
It's a spiritual sickness. They ( and I) need to fully live in the rule of oneness. The same God made everyone.
When part of the family of man is relentlessly oppressed, the entire body of man is sick. 💜
@@BarbaraPryor-Smith Changed since when? It seemed like the above comment(s) were meaning that nothing has changed since things like Jim Crow laws and the civil rights movement. I hope and pray as well, that God would change people's hearts, as He is the only one capable of doing so. Unfortunately, the sin of predictive will never go away until the Lord comes back. I would disagree however that black poeple are being oppressed as a group here in America. The statistics show, year after year, that there is no discrimination when it comes to police interaction. Maybe in the justice system in terms of sentencing, but fortunately things are changing thanks to this administration. People are being deceived in order to bring about division. We are heading towards cultural marxism nationwide, it is already here.
@@natej0556 the unwarranted arrests and shootings by officers against black citizens, fatally shooting a woman in her own home because of a phone call from a racist neighbor's call. These lives are taken without any charges against the officers most of the time, until now. Videographic evidence of 9 minutes of coldblooded cruelty was enough to hopefully make hearts change.
America... Values simplicity, and also immaturity... The current US President immediately came to mind, unbidden.
I love this man- I would’ve loved to have had dinner with him, to pick his amazing and highly intelligent mind and powerful rhetoric . A beautiful soul ✊🏾💋
All who read or listen to Baldwin (and understand) are simply astonished by his genius. My first thought was "Why isn't all writing like this?" -- as if anyone but Balwin could put a finger on what "this" was!
Is he talking about 1986 or 2020? This is amazing.
IKR...The more things change the more things stay the same.
@@momonie4 Buju Banton 🔥🔥💯🔥
@@ahrayah_yasharahla1392 boom bye bye
Clarity, wisdom, insight and resistance, that's James Baldwin, one of the greatest writers and thinker of all times. One adjective is missing still: courageous-minded.
A beautiful honest truthful man, so eloquent, he lived his life as a witness so we could be better educated. The Legend James Baldwin. Xxx
James Baldwin's rhetoric is timeless. Whenever I get into a discussion involving race and American history, I always recommend diving into Baldwin's work.
"If you are sincere about what you say, you don't have to know what you're talking about"...how true 2021
This should be viewing for every student in our country.
Thank you for this timely piece. Mr Baldwin will always be brilliant.
“A post Adolescent who is almost 80 years old” Donald Trump!
slavery is a strange road to take in order to civilize someone!!!!
But gets things done
ABSOLUTELY LOVING, THE INDIRECT SHADE! I WAS 10 WHEN HE PASSED. WOULD VERY MUCH HAVE LIKED TO HAVE MET MR. BALDWIN....
Eloquent brilliance speaker 😊
James Baldwin was a brilliant mind❤️
"...this adoration of immaturity so that we really do get, representing us, an adolescent who is almost 80 years old." He was right, apparently, that immaturity is seen as an American virtue.
44:36 - ...is to rethink and recreate our vocabulary, and that includes "the human race." We are all in this room at the mercy of -- whether or not we know it -- the european vision of the world, and that vision is obsolete.
About sums it all up.
Yep, Just love James Baldwin I could listen to him all day.
I love this guy.
A most eloquent truthteller; courageous and unsparing in his critique of Americans and Americanism.
When listening to this brilliant man I can only look inwardly to examine the uneasy imagination I’ve been indoctrinated into in order to maintain the brittle construct of the so-called American dream. We as a nation are going to destroy each other unless we start to except the truth. I can’t say I love all people but I can say I care for all people but ultimately we as Americans in order to continue to enjoy living in this republic we must include the problems and injustices of all its citizens as our own. .#Blacklivesnotonlymatttertheyareessential.
This is painful, because Mr. Baldwin looks ill and yet is still fighting... Believe me, he did his job! Here we are in 2024, still absorbing and FINALLY understanding his words, 'cause the DAMN SURE STILL apply!!! God rest his soul; Ase'!
The world needs more people like this. JB's intelligence, wisdom, creativity, insightful and thoughtful nature, and deep humanity are a credit to the human race.
The vocabulary of ethnic and racial distinctions have outlived the glorious poetic chances of optimism that Baldwin precited, particulalrly on the African continet.
Some people there really don't care for what Mr. Baldwin is saying. You can tell by their disinterest. Sad. That's why he says things don't change. The indifference is still there.
James Baldwin has an important message, it's time we realise that we are both blank and white, get away with injustice and cruelty...
People should always look at the marginalised and see how they live... Be honest to our own selves.
41:30 - 43:03 incredible. So brilliant.
Monuments should be erected in Baldwin's honor, if there aren't any already.
There arent because hes homosexual, went against christianity and islam.
Even a man with such intelligence and insight could still not convince the majority of their wrongdoings. It's quite dissapointing to see that we are in the same situation 34 years later as people continue to refuse to see things at face value as they live in their perpetual delusions of apathy and ignorance. Despite of the cynical feelings held for today's world, I do hold some level of hope with the ongoing national protests and discussions of racial inequality in mainstream media.
RIP Baldwin
Wow! I am listening to him speak and I can clearly hear that is asthma is just acting up. His chest is tight, but he hung in there. Talk about commitment
Well he was a heavy smoker & he died in December 1987 of stomach cancer. He was only 63 when he died, but he looks a lot older. He's breathing does sound labored, but he did hang in there like a trooper.
Baldwin was well ahead of time in thought
Wow, what a superb speaker!
'this never has been or will be a white country' 24:30 👍
'whiteness a state of mind' 39:40 👍
'a modest proposal: white history week' 41:33 🤔
'white people don't know who they are or where they come from' 42:20 🤔
'there's no question of liberating me when you can't liberate yourself' 42:40 👍
53:26 'I know that I have black and white ancestors' 👍
'we are.connected and that connection should be our tribe and our glory, not our shame' 53:52 ♥ 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 ❤
I so love this man..
'the purpose of the state is to remain the state... no state is anxious to have dissenters in it' 👍 51:20ish
Malcolm x was pappa bear
Martin Luther king was mamma bear
James Baldwin was just right
(All amazing individuals)
Martin Luther King Was A Man... don’t disrespect.
"...these American virtues..." actually have their roots in Europe, espeially Britain!
Why not have a mic at their table as oppose to having them coming to the podium to answer each question.
Wow!
He died just a year after this presentation.
LOL 🤣 🤣 🤣 "Chris got LOST!"
outstanding
Imagine if we all had the same opportunity to be educated and succeed??? Imagine the contributions blacks would've given to American society. Imagine how advanced we would be. Imagine how progressive we would be. Then adding all others that came later. The Jews, Asians, Indians, Latinos...etc. To welcome immigrants, processibg them and allowing them to flourish is the very idea of America. Of course, they all assimilated and prospered mainly because of their straight hair, pale face and fact that they have some group lower on the totem pole. Yet, America will not grow beyond a certain point because of how it treats the very people who helped to build her.
America is an Ideal. It could have never gone any farther than where it is headed right now. Capitalism and Profit is all it knows.
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@@queenroyalty2141 I couldn't agree more.
He was an absolute genius.
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If there’s a bio pic of James Baldwin, I hope they hire/cast Dave Chappelle to play him!
Not to be racist!!!! But all of the history books we are assigned to study from elementary school all the way through college have, respectful, White people painted at the bad guy but somehow our teachers spin it to seem as though the Whites were right. Literally, just about every history in our schools shows them going around the world wreaking havoc. I’m not making it up. If your have kids, no matter what race they are, ask them what then learned in there history class today.
No country can survive such profound lies - "We hold these TRUTHS to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL . . ." - what a lie!!!
@@cathyedwards3861 there are at least five documentaries about him
I agree with Mr. Baldwin and that is BLACK MEN have always been MARRED! Faith, Hope and Love!
Knowing means little being is eternity
A lot of the people in the audience look embarrassed, and so they should.
I'm a proud black man in amerikkka living good hold a job place psy my own way in life no welfare finished school 28 yrs ago both my parents still here came from a good home
The cc caption is inaccurate. It does not capture the actual words of Mr James Baldwin. Often I noticed the CC caption skips some of his words and you can see this in 17:54 where he says he 'loathes them' 'cc captures loves them'
Love James Baldwin, America loss a true treasure.
This man has spent his lifetime documenting the life of the black man in American history. I never knew of him until today, and that is a crime. He has such a brilliant mind.
26:40 who are these men
@@omalone1169 National Press Club and this question in particular James Baldwin spoke of the black image portrayed in the film, "The Color Purple".
I wish he could have started a revolution.
'if we don't share the earth, we are going to blow it up' 44:10
James Balwin was a national treasure.
What a brilliant man
I was 9mo old when he did this.
I don’t know if his name is mentioned in high school text books.
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I find it weird that James Baldwin has been very influentual in the 60s and 70s, but his public image has so absolutely fallen into disrepair that I didn't even know about this man until a few months ago.
It seems to me that Baldwin hasn't really been the kind of simple figurehead that you can make him into, like Malcolm X for the black nationalists and MLK for mainstream white liberals. Malcolm X and MLK were also not the mythical creatures they later were claimed to be, but they were much more conducive for simplification.
Baldwin however was a much more complex figure and he never really had the kind of cult following that others used to have. He was just himself, a bitter intellectual that liked to give thoughtful impulses but whose lifework was always underappreciated, until this day.
Also, he was gay. The black church didn't want his legacy as a gay rights activist.
He was anything but bitter. I’m a witness, I was there! So please....
@@mountainlinx 27:30 The Colour Purple dissected
Yeah, i remember one of his speeches he says he does everything he can not to be bitter, i think he worked hard at that. @@mountainlinx
So sad he died the next year
Extremely sad.
Not an activist. A cultured, civil and decent human being.
Mr. Baldwin's unflinching assessments of racism in America and around the world,
He didnt define it
The LAST thing the Republic wants is an autonomous black community.
..did you hear that pin drop?
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Great man. RIP
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Baldwin talks about two mythical humans: the 'noble savage' and the 'happy darkie'.
Baldwin says those who debased others became inhuman
I miss mr James
Come on Joe it’s time!
“And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.”
Genesis 15:13-14 KJV
Every time they make him stand and sit, very irritating. Best to keep the Mike where James Baldwin sits, very insensitive in their own way,
Fine person with brilliant mind, love to hear him, rest in peace and keep living in many hearts.
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In my uneducated opinion, Mr. Baldwin was addressing an audience of morons, just going by the questions. Mr. Baldwin was a Rockstar, such a lucid and direct individual.
34:00 what strike
I absolutely love Jimmy, I just wish he hadn’t smoked as much as he did imagine how much longer he might’ve been around.
Cancer can be caused by so much more than smoking.. but I get what you're saying.
He died of stomach cancer though
All the conflict is just a turbulent churning of metropolis politics with rural tradtion and both exchanges occur when both is willing to chunt the trash off on the other. The only things exchanged that are actually valued occur underneath it all because the polis would never concede to it or never want anyone to be aware they value it that much or in most cases are unaware anything is being exchanged at all.
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The man is a very eloquent author and speaker but it seems to me that he harbors a deep resentment for all white people. It's hard to figure out what he wants America to be, a country of equality and certain social standards and mores (after all, he didn't show up wearing a dashiki) or did he want America to take on an Afrocentric vibe so 20% of the population would somehow show us how to do it "right" ? Regardless I'd like to think if he were alive today he'd tell the young men, both black and white, to pull up their damn pants !!!
He was clear that the future should be about being human and not about race. That way all prejudice would disappear. He implied the same when responding to the question 'what subject interests you most today' where he says he watches children today and notes t&at they are harder to mislead than his generation and will catch on about the racial myths and prejudices, even if his generation keeps lying about them or refuses to acknowledge.
a good way to understand washington BC
Smart man...
'attempt to liberate the children' 45:30
48:05 'elders have betrayed them [the children] by throwing jaguars and TV sets at them.and other paraphernalia... instead of loving them...and children, unlike their elders, are.not easy fooled' 👏 👏 👏 🥳 🎉 🪅 🎊 🤗 🤗 🤗 🤗
I aspire to become a great man like James Baldwin. Never to get there but to aspire and strive.
Officials not trained in H2O rescue only to kill on the side of the roads & in peoples bed.
"If you're simple minded enough you can become" ....the president of the United States. Reagan was awful while being considered terrific. Says a lot about the American mind.
i heard someone say that we should wear masks but not a black one.... what was that?
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Luke 13:1-5 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower of Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Luke 9:23-27 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. 27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. Matthew 19:16-28 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. 23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? 26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. 27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? 28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Galatians 2:16-21 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. 18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. 19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. Romans 1:15-17 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written the just shall live by faith. Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Psalms 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. Ezekiel 18:30-32 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the LORD GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the LORD GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. Romans 3:19-25 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; Acts 26:18-20 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 19 Whereupon, O king Aggripa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. Matthew 5:27-28 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 16:8-11 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.