james baldwin

Moments from the Black Past

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 14, 2021

Fascinating discussion of a 1973 dinner between James Baldwin, Josephine Baker, and Henry Louis Gates. The latter was just starting out. He was commissioned to talk to these two legends of 20th century Black life for Time, which of course then spiked the story. This...

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All Your Buried Corpses Now Begin to Speak

By Erik Loomis

On July 16, 2020

To build on the earlier post, perhaps no intellectual has more to say about the present moment than James Baldwin. Raoul Peck, who directed I Am Not Your Negro: Baldwin’s.

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 207

By Erik Loomis

On February 19, 2018

This is the grave of James Baldwin. Baldwin was born in 1924 and was raised by his mother and an awful stepfather. Avoiding his enormous, poor, and abusive family, Baldwin.

Baldwin

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 2, 2017

The influence of James Baldwin over American thought has grown significantly in recent years. Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of his death and this Brandon Tensley essay about him is worth your time. Thirty years after Baldwin's death, though, America has found itself in a...

santos guero There are almost no younger Republicans left in California. They all moved to Texas, Florida, or Idaho depending on how much NAZI memorabilia they took with them.
Fresh ideas from the party of family values · June 3, 2023
Chris Everyone Knows votes for Democraps are fraudulent except the ones from The Blacks, and probably The Jews I guess except the Good Ones, plus you have to throw out all the votes from Illegals, so you...
Fresh ideas from the party of family values · June 3, 2023
advocatethis I always hated this guy and I wasn't even a Giants fan in the 70s. I thought maybe he'd done sonething in the 74 WS, but though he batted .381, it was pretty toothless. I think that even as a...
Fresh ideas from the party of family values · June 3, 2023
NSAlito https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v1m4JKH3AM
Fresh ideas from the party of family values · June 3, 2023
N__B Color commentary from a guy who used to go out and paint the town beige. What a country.
Fresh ideas from the party of family values · June 3, 2023