Category: Unit 2

Dear Mr. Baldwin, after reading your letter I have come to a conclusion that some of the topics you discussed in this letter are still pretty much relevant in today’s society.  Because  It is an unhappy truth of existence that academic inequality is present, and these colleges observed in the internal cities undergo the brunt. If mother and father and college students alike choose top-notch education, they need to appear elsewhere. But for those residing in internal cities, that is out of the question; either they ship their teens to internal metropolis public faculties or now not at all, even if there is no guarantee of acceptable schooling for children. This relates to a line you said in the letter “But on the other hand he is also assured by his country and his countrymen that he has never contributed anything to civilization – that his past is nothing more than a record of humiliations gladly endured.” This still is pretty much true today because the inner city schools always get handed the short end of the stick, treated like they should take what they get just because .But Sadly, this scenario has been generic for a lengthy time, and nevertheless appears to have no cease in sight. The scenario even gets worse due to the fact the wide variety of college students in internal metropolis public colleges appear to be increasing, however the sources given to them are decreasing.

 

To James Baldwin,

 

Who would’ve thought a letter written many years ago would be as relevant as it was then as it is now. Unfortunately we haven’t been able to exercise the advice you gave us to properly educate students. To educate students so they’re able to make decisions on their own and take responsibility of their own choices. Unfortunately students that come from minority families instantly are behind all students as they are persecuted not by their actions but by their color of their skin. While we have progressed the line “You know – you know instinctively – that none of this is for you. You know this before you are told. And who is it for and who is paying for it? And why isn’t it for you” still hold truth. Yes many of us have opportunities and abilities to become successful but others still live in poverty due to the lack of opportunity given to our parents. Due to growing up in poverty or less affluent neighborhoods, some may see the higher class lifestyle as unattainable, something we can only one day dream of living. In 2021 we may be more progressive, not allowing such blatant acts of racism, microaggressions are still prominent are more likely in school and work forces. We know we are not defined by the words the aggressor speaks, “I had to realize when I was very young that I was none of those things I was told I was.” realizing one’s worth was not measured by the people around us but by one self has allowed to have words be taken back and used as a form of empowerment.