I think the book alternates between interesting and sort of dull, but it is interesting to note that race finally stops becoming an issue when something much more broad yet defining happens. Prejudice is something that I feel will never be fully eliminated, as humans classify things and base things on previous experiences.
This is actually my second year on campus, and although my first year got off to a rocky start, this year is going much better. I've got a stable group of friends for the most part, and although I totaled my car and have a scar now, I'm still thankful for everything.
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Perhaps prejudice can never be fully eliminated, particularly not on an individual basis, but can't we and shouldn't we do something about the way racial prejudice continues to inform our institutional relationships? I think Baldwin would be able to argue that still today, our schools, our mass media, our churches, our neighborhoods are all shaped in terms of racialized hierarchies and divisions, despite any social changes that you might be able to point to. Has race really stopped being an issue?
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