James Baldwin & Nikki Giovanni

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MANY THANKS TO OKSANA FOR PROVIDING THE LINK AND THE MINUTES!

Included is also a book version of this conversation.

2:40 Why J.B. moved to Europe

5:45 generation of change

9:20 commercial categories

14:20 power/moral

19:00 generation of protest

26:55 “it’s hard to figure out black ppl.”/church 

30:43 Problem of sexuality/gender roles/black man’s body/fatherhood

37:57 treatment of a black woman by a black man

53:01 “man is a natural aggressor”/ a black man can’t make it with a black woman(?)

II Part

59:26 How do we as people begin to deal? /Language

1:06:12 there is no such thing as individual? / ‘Black is beautiful’/ Ego

1:11:28 the only thing that has changed is a black woman?

1:18:19 Writing

1:28:06 freedom to teach/write

1:40:30 criticism

1:48:06 categories