Experience Dark Days Articulated By James Baldwin Exhibited In Leaflet

“White man, hear me! History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read, And it does not refer, merely, or even principally, to the past, On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do.
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This is my first introduction to James Baldwin, and what a start, It's almost eerie and frightening how true his essays are, although they were written many years ago, I loved The White Man's Guilt the most, I got goosebumps while reading it, I got nod my head in sadness to what he was saying, because it is still happening, So many of his thoughts were so relatable, even today in, although he wrote that infor the Magazine Ebony, The year was also the year where Malcolm X was assassinated in February and in March, the world witnessed the brutality of Selma,

I know I'll be reading much more of Baldwin's work soon, This was sent to me so that I could familiarise myself with this authors work,

This is short, A very short read holding three essays by him going over and past the prejudice and racism of America,

It made for very interesting reading,
Also shows how the past influences the present, The fact that everything in this book echoes painfully real and true nowadays, still, half a century after, is shameful to us, humanity as a whole, "The irreducible price of learning is realizing that you do not know, One may go further and point out as any scientist, or artist, will tell you that the more you learn, the lest you know but that means that you have begun to accept, and are even able to rejoice in, the relentless conundrum of your life.
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I read this extract when I took this book off the shelf in a bookstore, the next thing I did was to buy this tiny book of essays.
It's my first time properly reading James Baldwin and I have to say that I'm absolutely amazed by the beauty of

his writing, These three essays are so powerful, interesting and important, and I particularly found them impactful through the way James Baldwin exposed his own experiences to end up with a moral in each one of them, this kind of moral that stays stuck in a corner of your mind.
I'm definitely going to reread these essays in the future because I think every read of those taught you something more, "History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read, And it does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past, In the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do.
It could scarcely be otherwise, since it is the history that we owe our frames of reference, our identities, and our aspirations, And it is with great pain and terror that one begins to realise this, In great pain and terror one begins to assess the history which has placed one where one is, and formed ones point of view, In great pain and terror because, thereafter, one enters into battle with that historical creation, Oneself, and attempts to recreate oneself according to a principle more humane and more libe one begins the attempt to achieve a level of personal maturity and freedom which robs history of its tyrannical power, and also changes history.
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This short volume collected some of James Baldwin's harrowing and empowering words, concerning the racial prejudice he has experienced in America,

Baldwin ensures his readers understand the suffering and degradation at the hands of racist individuals, systems, and ideologies and spares them none of the details or the emotion.
After all, he hasn't been spared any of it, This entire volume might have contained justshort pages but they were some of the most important and wellpenned I have ever read, It hurts to think about just why they were a necessary creation in the first place, though, The purpose of these little volumes is to introduce you to an author and, presumably, make you want to read/buy more of their books, This one succeeds at that, "My point of view certainly is formed by my history, and it is probable that only a creature despised by history finds history a questionable matter, "

Dark days is a short book containingessays about racism, I can tell that he wrote these in sort of an angry disposition but I'm inclined to say: that's what made them so perfect,
They're incredibly eloquent, relevant amp applicable even decades later,

He talks about his own experiences whilst making his points which paint a raw, heartrending portrait, He didn't shy away from covering "unpleasant" topics: white supremacy, mobs executing the will of the state, His words may make some people uncomfortable but I believe that is the objective,

This was the perfect introduction to James Baldwin's books, This is the first time I've read his work but I can't wait to pick up more of it,

I absolutely loved the book amp definitely recommend it, This is such a tiny book, a booklet almost, Still, it took me a moment to finish because it resonated with me, I felt like marking so many quotes I regretted reading it on a tram, The pictures painted by Baldwin were vivid and thoughtprovoking, while his commentary more uptodate than anyone would like to admit, Dark Days is a collection of three essays on race and identity, written not long before the authors death, I loved how emotional they were, full of anger, empathy and the heartfelt attempts to capture the whole picture of the race, prejudice and exclusion issues in USA.
Reading it I regret only that nobody introduced me to Baldwin during my university days, He was noexistent in our curriculum and even now it makes me sad, In carticica asta sunt adunate trei eseuri ale lui James Baldwin si anume Dark Days, The Price of the Ticket si The White Man's Guilt, Fiecare dintre ele trateaza diferite greutati pe care le intampini ca om de culoare in SUA, in special legate de rasism,

Dark Days este despre copilaria lui, ce a prins putin din marea depresiune si al doilea razboi mondial, disparitati aplicate de legislatie si foarte revelator, o strategie a albilor de a pune in carca celor de culoare si alte lucruri:
"Whites, thinking 'If you can't beat them, stone tem' dumped drugs into the ghetto, and what had once been a community began to fragment.
" nu mam gandit niciodata la asa ceva, dar poate fi o solutie de genul divideetimpera a suprematiei albe,

The Price of the Ticket este despre nevoia de atasament: "I needed love so badly that I could as easily have been hit with a needle as persuaded to share a joint of marijuana.
And, in fact, Beauford and the others let me smoke with them from time to time, ". Inca un fragment despre cat de dislocate se simteau persoanele de culoare atunci: "Treason draws its energy from the conscious, delierate betrayal of a trust as we were not trusted, we could not betray.
And we did not wish to be traitors, We wished to be citizens",

Rasismul ce era atunci mai este prezent si azi, din pacate, atat in America, dar si in Romania, in privinta romilor, Trebuie sa avem mai multe politici publice care sa ii ajute si sa le aduca reparatii, Mai zice Baldwin asa: "But I am really saying something very simple, The will of the people, or the State, is revealed by the State's institutions, There was not, then, nor is there, now, a single American institution which is not a racist institution, And racist institutions the unions, for the example, the Church for another, and the Army or the military for yet another, are meant to keep the nr in his place.
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Legat de ultimul eseu, The White Man's Guilt, Baldwin zice ca de cele mai multe ori, oamenii vorbesc cu totul diferit in prezenta celor de culoare: "I wonder this because they do not, after all, seem to find very much to say to me, and I concluded long ago that they found the color of my skin inhibitory.
This color seems to operate as a most disagreeable mirror, and a great deal of one's energy is expended in reassuring the white Americans that they do not see what they see.
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Din fericire, Black Button Books a tradus deja doua carti si urmeaza cu siguranta sa le citesc candva in viitorul apropiat, O recomand si pe Bell Hooks in aceeasi nota, .