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Stranger in the village by James Baldwin
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Stranger in the village by: James Baldwin
By:Zahiyyah williams
What is Stranger in the Village about?
Summary
Stranger in the village by James Baldwin Is focused on an African American man who visited a village in switzerland and endured racism by ignorant Europeans majority who've never came encounter with a Black person before
Why do you believe James Baldwin named this story stranger in the village?
Works
How does the title connect with the story at hand?
Quotes That stood out
Why does this stand out?
what does this mean?
What does this mean?
"Everyone in the village knows that i come from america, this apparently they will never believe, Black men come from africa"
"People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them"
"This world is white no longer, and it will never be white again"
Quotes
This shows how ignorant some people are, and how Blacks are put in a certtain category. It show how the villagers believed what they've heard and wasnt willing to understand this "stranger"
I belive this quote from the story means people are confined with history, and history with ancestory becomes their natural traits because its in their blood.
This quote means the word is evolving, and it wont stop evolving. There will be no more going back in time, theres only space for moving forward
How does Baldwin feel about the village?
Apprehension
Baldwin feels as though he's alone and no one has took the time to get to know him, he feels like a stranger. He made a statement that he's just as a stranger as he first arrived.
"At the root of the American Negro problem is the necessity of the american white man to find a living with the negro in order to be able to live with himself"
White supremacy cant adjust to African Americans unless their making money off of them, or need them for some sort of gain or purpose, they dont see Blacks as equals.
What did Baldwin say the root of the negro problem is? & do you agree?
How did interracial drama not only create a new black man but also a new white man?
Black men were trying to find their idenity, while White men was trying to protect their idenity. Now African Americans know how to identify theirselves
Critical thinking
When Baldwin was told there was 6 other Black men in the village do you think the villagers who told him this was trying to comfrot him or didnt know how to have a regular conversation with him?
How do you feel about the white supremacy in this story?
What did Baldwin mean by saying "thats just European culture" as he mentioned several of times in this story
Does being ignorant justify the actions of the villagers?
I believe Baldwin was Justifying the villagers actions just because he knew they werent being rude on purpose. As he mentioned they were just ignorant to the fact that the things they were doing was rude, but also amazed at the fact that they've actually camed face to face with an actual African American man.
Review
would you be comfortable staying in a small town being treated as an outsider, well"stranger" in Baldwin words?
What did you get from this story?
Opinion
"If I sat in the sun for more than five minutes some daring creature was certain to come along and gingerly put his fingers on my hair, as though he were afraid of the electric shock, or put his hand on my hand astonished that the color did not rub off."
where you already woke to these type of things happening or did it change your outlook on Racisim