FREE THE JENA 6
More information on the Jena case.
One of the quotes by James Baldwin that has stuck with me through the years comes from Another Country, spoken by Ida: "Some days, honey, I wish I could turn myself into one big fist and grind this miserable country to powder."
That anger, that palpable fury that Baldwin, through Ida, articulates isn't directed at America as in idea or as a nation of people, but rather is directed at America as an unequal society, as one where racial inequality and White Supremacy continue to thrive.
Read about the Jena 6 case and you'll understand where Baldwin was coming from.
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