(2 of 2) "...that before we can do very much in the way of clear thinking or clear doing as relates to the minorities in this country, we must first crack the American image and find out and deal with what it hides." -James Baldwn

(1 o 2) "To speak in my own person, as a member of the nation’s most oppressed minority, the oldest oppressed minority, I want to suggest most seriously..." James Baldwin

(2 of 2) "James Baldwin did not tell a shallow story. Nor did he tell a black-and-white story. Rather, he asked people to discover an entirely new story: We made the world we’re living in and we have to make it over." Sahil Handa

(1 of 2) In his article on Baldwin, Sahil argues: "Politics is a game of competing stories about national identity. And today, too many people are trying to tell a shallow story."

Sahil Handa's "What James Baldwin Can Teach Us..." (originally published in 2021)