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Consider Baldwin’s solution to the problem of racism. In your opinion, does Baldwin’s letter contain useful advice for protecting his nephew’s self-worth? Explain your opinions.

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What does Baldwin say acceptance means?

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What is the purpose / central message of this letter?

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Analyze this quote. What do you think Baldwin means and how does it connect to what you see in the real world today?

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Analyze this quote. What do you think Baldwin means and how does it connect to what you see in the real world today?

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Paragraph 11: "You have, and many of us have, defeated this intention and by a terrible law, a terrible paradox, those innocents who believed that your imprisonment made them safe are losing their grasp of reality."

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Analyze this quote. What do you think Baldwin means and how does it connect to what you see in the real world today?

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Analyze this quote. What do you think Baldwin means and how does it connect to what you see in the real world today?

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Paragraph 3: "[I]t is not permissible that the authors of devastation should also be innocent. It is the innocence which constitutes the crime."

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Comment with your favorite/the most striking quote from the letter and explain your appreciation. 

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Comment with your favorite/the most striking quote from the letter and explain your appreciation. 

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Analyze this quote. What do you think Baldwin means and how does it connect to what you see in the real world today?

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Analyze this quote. What do you think Baldwin means and how does it connect to what you see in the real world today?

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Paragraph 8: "You must accept them and accept them with love, for these innocent people have no other hope. They are in effect still trapped in a history which they do not understand and until they understand it, they cannot be released from it."

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Analyze this quote. What do you think Baldwin means and how does it connect to what you see in the real world today?

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Analyze this quote. What do you think Baldwin means and how does it connect to what you see in the real world today?

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Paragraph 4: "I hear the chorus of the innocents screaming, 'No, this is not true. How bitter you are,' but I am writing this letter to you to try to tell you something about how to handle them, for most of them do not yet really know that you exist."

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Considering this letter was written in the 1960s, how far do you think we’ve come in America on the issue of racial equality and how far do you think we have to go? What do you think has pushed us forward or held us back?

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I think we have progressed past the horrific stuff like lynching, Jim crow, blackface, and other horrible things, but I'm finding now that racism has mutated into something that is taught to be bad, but is so intertwined with our system that its everywhere.  We have made a ton of progress against racism, but right now it feels like we're at a standstill

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I think we have we have come pretty far from the 60s but there still is a lot of things that need to be done to stop racial injustice

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What crime does Baldwin accuse his country of committing?