From a Ken Burns interview with James Baldwin. Baldwin had becomes more prophetic and his words and thoughts more profound as we pass through this era.
"No one was ever born who agreed to be a slave, who accepted it. That is, slavery is a condition imposed from without. Of course, the moment I say that," Baldwin continued, "I realize that multitudes and multitudes of people for various reasons of their own enslave themselves every hour of every day to this or that doctrine, this or that delusion of safety, this or that lie. Anti-Semites, for example," he went on, "are slaves to a delusion. People who hate Negroes are slaves. People who love money are slaves. We are living in a universe really of willing slaves, which makes the concept of liberty and the concept of freedom so dangerous,
Rex, my perspective on issues of the day always deepen with your columns. I greatly appreciate your putting contemporary issues in a historical context. When Nixon was forced to resign, my appreciation of the press and American government grew even stronger. The Trump verdict again reinforced my belief that no one is above the law in our great country. One can’t resist hoping that our government and the American people will once again hold this monstrous fiend to justice.
From a Ken Burns interview with James Baldwin. Baldwin had becomes more prophetic and his words and thoughts more profound as we pass through this era.
"No one was ever born who agreed to be a slave, who accepted it. That is, slavery is a condition imposed from without. Of course, the moment I say that," Baldwin continued, "I realize that multitudes and multitudes of people for various reasons of their own enslave themselves every hour of every day to this or that doctrine, this or that delusion of safety, this or that lie. Anti-Semites, for example," he went on, "are slaves to a delusion. People who hate Negroes are slaves. People who love money are slaves. We are living in a universe really of willing slaves, which makes the concept of liberty and the concept of freedom so dangerous,
Rex, my perspective on issues of the day always deepen with your columns. I greatly appreciate your putting contemporary issues in a historical context. When Nixon was forced to resign, my appreciation of the press and American government grew even stronger. The Trump verdict again reinforced my belief that no one is above the law in our great country. One can’t resist hoping that our government and the American people will once again hold this monstrous fiend to justice.
Thanks again Rex for your penetrating insight.
Thanks for the excellent column, Rex