https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9 Considering all of your classmates' annotations, create a central purpose for Baldwin's letter. Be sure to incorporate at least one of the terms from the glossary. en-us 2022-01-25 14:17:15 UTC 2022-01-25 15:24:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011441044 The purpose of Baldwin's letter was to shed a light on the realities of being born into the black community. The implicit biases the white people have on the POC cause a sense of division and inequality. Baldwin explains this racism and the difficulty it may cause to try and end this and get to racial equity.]]> 2022-01-25 15:21:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011441044 https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011443698 By addressing society's percieved inferiority of the Black community and humanizing the effects of this in terms of his nephew, Baldwin contributes to his purpose of forcing the white audience to confront their implicit biases.

]]> 2022-01-25 15:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011443698 https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011444756 James Baldwin's central purpose of this message is to desribe to his secondary audience that systematic racism can only be undone once they gain the knowlege of their history rather than remaining ignorant. In this case, multicultural competency is important to develop in order to become aware of these issues and reverse them. To his primary audience, he is able to validate their own experiences while giving hope for the future. ]]> 2022-01-25 15:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011444756 https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011445020 The central purpose for Baldwin's letter was to bring attention to the racial injustice problems the country has. He addresses the lack of racial equity since Baldwin talks about his nephew who isn't expected to go anywhere because of his race]]> 2022-01-25 15:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011445020 sophiechiewtrakoon https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011445759 Baldwin's central purpose is to address systemic racism in a way that humanizes black Americans, those most affected by by these institutional barriers. Since Baldwin's secondary audience is white and progressive, they would be more sympathetic to the black plight, and the open letter would force them to address their own implicit biases and use their privilege to be an ally. ]]> 2022-01-25 15:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011445759 https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011446783 Baldwin wrote this letter to show the racism going on during the time and telling his nephew and other Blacks to continue to accept whites with love because they have no other hope to understanding Blacks.]]> 2022-01-25 15:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011446783 nolanlazor1 https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011448024 Baldwin's central purpose for his letter, is to address both audiences, his nephew and white population reading the progressive magazine. He is trying to shed light on the racism to his nephew while providing the point of view from a Black American on the systematic racism suffered in the United States. This is done in hope that these people participate in creating a change.]]> 2022-01-25 15:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011448024 https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011449845 Baldwin's overall purpose is to give hope to the Black Americans who are facing continuous racism. He acknowledges the implicit bias white people have towards Black Americans and its overall effect in the increasing difficulty and racism they have continued to face.]]> 2022-01-25 15:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011449845 https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011449859 In the article, the purpose of Baldwin was to show that white people aren't educated enough and too ignorant to realize that they are the racist ones in society. implicit bias is a common theme. He states that they are using derrogative words and dehumanizing human beings. He states that the social system needs to change starting with educating the racist white people in society. ]]> 2022-01-25 15:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ellen_macias/rwpoe3615x52hsf9/wish/2011449859