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A 3 page essay that discusses James Baldwin’s conclusions in The Fire Next Time. No additional sources cited.
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consciousness of the others" or else the biblical prophecy of doom by fire, which was "re-created in the song" of slaves, will surely come true (Baldwin 105-106). What did Baldwin
mean by this and how did he come to this conclusion? Baldwins text begins with a long open letter to the authors nephew and namesake, James, which explains to
the boy the nature of racism and the obstacles that it will throw in the his path on his journey to adulthood. In the section of the book entitled "Down
at the Cross," this long essay has a bipartite structure, as Baldwin first recounts his own religious background, which is Christian, and then turns to the subject of the Muslim
movement in America. Ultimately, however, Baldwin shows that the Islamic answer to racism that was offered by the Black Muslim movement in the 1960s was simply the reverse of the
white hatred of blacks. In his text, he, therefore, rejects the philosophy espoused by the movements leaders, Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X. As the book draws to a close, Baldwin
offers a different and, he believes, greater view of the suffering endured by people of color in America. Baldwin believes that the suffering of African Americans could prove to be
redemptive for the entire country. He saw a possible alternative to the "fire" predicted in the Negro spiritual, in that, he envisioned blacks freeing whites from their self-imposed prison of
hatred and the burden of the myth that they were somehow better, more capable than other human beings. However, should their efforts fail, he predicted that the words of the
spiritual would come true. The spirituals lyrics are: "God gave Noah the rainbow sign/No more water, the fire next time." In the 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. espoused
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