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The black man insists, by whatever means he finds at his disposal, that the white man cease to regard him as an exotic rarity and recognize him as a human being.
The final sentence in his essay articulates a defiant claim by Baldwin and an understanding that the villagers' and white Americans' need to reach, losing thereby what Baldwin describes as "the jewel" of the white man's naivete - in other words, white Americans' willful desire to ignore white privilege and the effects of centuries of ...
- James Baldwin
- 1953
- 1953
- Harper's Magazine
Being in the village reminds Baldwin of the fact that white Americans are in their essence “discontented Europeans.” He reflects on the fact that African Americans have had their past stolen in a way that makes them unique among black people—and indeed all people—of the world.
It calls clearly to the realization that “the interracial drama acted out on the American continent has not only created a new black man, it has created a new white man, too.”73 The white wilderness of the Swiss village is no longer accessible to Americans; the black – and Baldwin assertively uses the first person singular here – is no longer a stranger; white and black have been shown ...
- Oana Cogeanu
19 de ago. de 2014 · “Stranger in the Village” first appeared in Harper’s Magazine in 1953, and then in the essay collection “Notes of a Native Son,” in 1955. It recounts the experience of being black in an...
19 de nov. de 2018 · Stranger in the Village: James Baldwin’s Prophetic Insight into Race and Reality, with a Shimmering Introduction by Gwendolyn Brooks – The Marginalian. By Maria Popova.
It stems from a person’s “first realization of the power of white men.” It is also a rage against white innocence and naivety—their lack of awareness of the power they hold. Baldwin then discusses the legends that white society has about black people, as expressed by expressions “as black as hell.”
