I have mixed feelings about this book. I realize that what Baldwin is saying may be a common feeling that a lot of African Americans, and possibly others, felt during this controversial time. I feel like it is a great insight into the minds of some of the people who share some experiences with Baldwin. On the other hand, I feel like I have covered this topic so much over the past 5 years of my academic career that I have lost interest in it.
I enjoy the small campus feeling for the simple fact that I know a lot of the people I see walking around. I like being able to get anywhere on campus within 10 minutes of leaving my dorm. On the downside, I wish that the school was a little more integrated with the town. I was born in Bloomington-Normal home of ISU. ISU was basically part of the town and students were able to walk to food establishments, stores, downtown Normal, and many entertainment venues. I wish that it was just as easy to access these type of things on the UIS campus.
I feel overwhelmed with all of the reading that I have to do this semester in all of my classes. I spend more time just trying to fit everything in instead of trying to actually gain something from the novels, etc that I am currently reading. Reading is something that I usually enjoy but now it is perfectly dreadfull.
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Race is not the only tool of analysis to bring to bear on understanding Baldwin or on any of the other materials in this course; it is only a starting point. And I think you should weigh your 5 years of academic life against lifetimes and generations of ignorance, and then maybe you might feel something else besides exhaustion? How convenient for you to be able to say that discussing and analyzing race is something that should have some kind of finite amount of time dedicated to it.
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