Read the excerpt from Notes of a Native Son. It had something to do with his blackness, I think—he was very black—with his black
ness and his beauty, and with the fact that he knew that he was black but did not know that he was beautiful. He claimed to be proud of his blackness but it had also been the cause of much humiliation and it had fixed bleak boundaries to his life. What does the excerpt tell readers about racial prejudice in early 20th-century America?
The text shows how racial prejudice in the twentieth century in America had a negative psychological effect that directly affected blacks' self-esteem due to the many cases of humiliation they were subjected to.
Baldwin's father had negative effects of prejudices and viewed himself limited to possibilities.
Explanation:
"Notes of a Native Son" is a non-fiction written by James Galdwin, first published in 1955.
In his book, he talks about the problems that blacks faced because of race issues in early 20th-century America. The author's father was a preacher. And wanted his son to be the one. But in his book James write that he always desired to be a writer.
The following excerpt states the condition of the father of James Baldwin that he suffered because of race issues. He states that his father suffered from "paranoia". His father was proud of his black color but still felt that he have less opportunities because of his black color.
