” A Talk To Teachers” was written in 1963 by James Baldwin during the civil rights movement when segregation was everywhere and legal in many states. In his article James Baldwin opens with “we are in a revoloutinary situation” which at the time of his writing was correct and even now you can make that arguement but more on that later. The article seemingly directed towards those in an educational profession the author states that although not a teacher himself he believes the purpose of an education and by extension, School is to morph a child to become capable of making his/her own decisions and thinking for themselves. for instance do i believe in god? Do i as like sports cars? and here comes the big one, do i think that i am superior to another human based on how i look. James continues and says “man is a social animal” but also says children can be very easily intimidated and brainwashed which i could not agree more with. take religion for instance always taught at a young age kids brought up thinking if they do such and such that they will burn in hell for enternity children are being manipulated as you are reading this and there is now stopping that in my opinion its been going on since the beginning of time. now i think from an educational standpoint James Baldwin would be pretty happy to see what has become since he penned his article in 1963 with most kids not even knowing that segregation even existed until they are told that because now black, white hispanic, asian no one gives as much as an afterthought towards your ethnicity in elemantry school (in my own opinion) now im not going to discuss todays current racial climate with George Floyd and such. However i will say is has incredibly improved for minorities since the 1960’s

 

Charles Pessin

note: sincere apologies for late submission