What James Baldwin was saying in his speech is that he mostly talks about how black kids from a very young age observe and notice certain things in their society and how they are often treated. These Black kids grow up to not feel as though they are good enough or worthy enough to do certain things or have certain jobs. They just feel like they are very limited, and it is true. Black people who grow up in certain neighborhoods have less opportunity to a good education and a lot of them cant afford it so this doesn’t set them up on the right path for their future. What stood out to me the most is when Baldwin said “The point of all this is that black men were brought here as a source of cheap labor they were indispensable to the economy. In order to justify the fact that men were treated as though they were animals, the white republic had to brainwash itself into believing that they were, indeed, animals and deserved to be treated like animals.” This quote really stood out to me because I have heard to a lot. I once read an article that talked about how white people justified slavery and the most common thing they would often say was that black people where “animals” so it was okay for them to be treated as such and not considered human.

 

What I wished was taught more in school that wasnt was how to handle your finances as an adult. In school we are never really taught about life after high school or often times college we are just left to figure it out our selfs or seek guidance from other adults in out lives. I want to know about this topic because it would be beneficial to me in the future.