Violet Week Two Assignment

Baldwin’s remarks have a simple beauty that prays for all black people to be free of the residues and arrogance of slavery. One of the great human beings, James Baldwin, reminded his nephew about all the atrocities that black people suffered and continue to bear. James Baldwin stated in the letter that “They are in effect still trapped in a history which they do not understand and until they understand it they cannot be released from it” and it is still true in 2021. To me, Gorge Floyd’s death is a good example of relating this letter by James Baldwin. His death in America sparked a worldwide surge of anti-racism demonstrations. It means black people are still fighting for their equality. Gorge, a 46-year-old parent, was apprehended by Minneapolis police on May 25th, suspect of buying cigarettes using counterfeit money. As MR Floyd was knocked to the ground, a white police officer has observed keeling on his neck. “I can’t breathe,” he sobbed again. For eight minutes and 46 seconds, he was kept down. He stopped moving after six munitions. Many other deaths have echoed with the death of Gorge Floyd’s. Now the world fight for their justice, liberty, and equality because of Gorge Floyd, we all have come together. We are changing the world, we have come out with lots of valuable slogans such as “Black lives matter”, “No justice no peace”, and so on. That is not only for the black people but also I believe these slogans matter for every nation that is still fighting for equality.

Moreover, the article Between the world and me seemed very inspiring to me. This article adds to the effort to educate members of the human race to make the world a better, more courteous, and more equitable place for everyone. It is extremely disgusting that people in history treated one other with less respect and equality because of their skin color, which is wrong and unacceptable.

In the movie, I am not Your Nigro I have become hooked on this statement by James Baldwin that “ you want me to make an act of faith, risking myself, my wife, my children, on some idealism which you assure my exists in America which I have never seen”. In this sense, what he said, black people have to do something trustworthy to earn someone’s trust. However, everyone trusts a white person without any judgment. In France, a young black guy climbed almost five storey building from the outside without any safety equipment to save a french child. The black person was awarded as a citizen of France. As the person risk his life, everyone started trusting him which in my point of view is not a proper way to judge a person. We shouldn’t doubt any person based on their skin color.