Decreasing Racism
African American racial tension has decreased drastically, since the fifties our country has leaps and bounds towards equality. James Baldwin wrote Stranger in the Village, and he wrote about his experience living in a small Swiss village and how he was able to evaluate the American society and its issues of race. Baldwin specifically focused on African American racial issues. Baldwin makes arguments about how race is treated much different in Europe, he also argued how there are still a lot of problems with American society that need to be changed. I agree with Baldwin's thoughts however this essay is outdated and isn't completely relevant to our society today; however some of the broader ideas are.
One of Baldwin's ideas I found interesting embodied how the racism he encountered in the Swiss village seemed to be the same as America's racism but turned out being much different. When he got there the people stared at him and rubbed him to see if the black would......

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Title: Stranger In The Village
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