Fire Next Time Questions

My goal is to answer a couple of questions that pertain to The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin. My first question I’m trying to answer is, in which ways has the United States Government singled out african americans? My second question is, how has the singling out of african americans negatively affected their lives? What I mean by african americans being singled out is, being treated unfairly, given rules only they have to follow and having to abide by laws that restrict their freedom. Additionally, what I mean by negatively affecting african american’s lives is, having restrictions made to their basic freedoms guaranteed to every United States citizen. Therefore, causing african americans to live a more difficult life and not having the basic freedoms that whites have. I believe my two questions relate to The Fire Next Time in numerous ways. First of all, an issue very similar to my question about african americans being singled out by the government, is mentioned by Baldwin with in the first ten pages of his book, The Fire Next Time “You know, I know, that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon”(10). Therefore, Baldwin is stating that he believes America is not yet a free …show more content…
First of all, I have always been raised to believe that every man and women, no matter the color of their skin, is and always will be created equally. Therefore, the fact that african americans have been singled out by the government ever since the existence of the United States makes me very irate. Additionally, one of my best friends growing up as a child was an african american. So, I have always viewed african americans and whites equally. Therefore, learning that africans americans have been singled out by the government for so many years, caused me to wondered why it is that whites initially decided that africans americans were created as