In doing so, Baldwin argues that white people, with time and education, will grow out of the myths of superiority that their ancestors clung on to. Towards the end of the second letter, Baldwin acknowledges that the solution to ending the injustices is for black people to love white people, because ultimately, Baldwin advocates, love is more significant than color. Through its passion and intensity, each of these narratives strives to educate the reader on the routine life of a black person in America - that is, facing mediocrity and having a large part of their positionalities written before they get a chance to explore it for themselves. In the section titled “Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region in My Mind,” James Baldwin delivers a series of narratives in an attempt to shed light on the effects that white America has on the black community predominantly through his upbringing in Harlem and his relationship with Elijah Muhammad.
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