Saturday, April 9, 2011
"The Price of the Ticket" documentary
When watching the film, I kept thinking that although there was so much adversaries towards James Baldwin, he never stopped being happy. Even though he was angry at racism, people being inconsiderate, or just prejudices in general, he provided happiness for the people around him. I found this to be uplifting, and to send a truly optimistic message for humanity in the future. I feel that Baldwin wasn't only discussing race relations, but was talking about the human condition in general, and our resistance to a powerless society. But with Baldwin's urge for happiness, he was showing how a structure where power was not the most important factor, but rather a commonality and love for humans' alike could succeed. It was his shared knowlege with his peers, that allows us to become a more humanistic society.
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When Baldwin spoke about anything in the context of race related issues, it also applied to the human condition as well, as you said Angel. When we watched the first half of the film we left off with Baldwin saying that the world is held together by the very few people that love. If love is the force that will allow people to live together harmoniously, I ask if he considered himself one of the people that held the world together?
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