Just a heads up before we get started, this episode contains some strong language.

Until the moment comes, when we, the Americans, we, the American people, are able to accept

the fact that I have to accept, for example, my ancestors were both white and black, that

on that continent we are trying to forge a new identity, which we need each other.

Until this moment, there is scarcity any hope for the American dream, because the people

who are denied participation in it by their very presence will wreck it.

And if that happens, it's a very great moment for the West.

Thank you.

Hey, I'm Randam Nipetta.

I'm Randam Tinehada, Bluey.

And this week on Thru Line from NPR, we'd like to revisit an episode we think is timely,

the shadow of James Baldwin.

We made it last September after a long summer of protests.

Then as now, the reason for those protests is still everywhere you look.

If of course, you choose to see it, which James Baldwin implored us always to do.

You may have noticed a quote making the rounds on social media.

It goes, not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until

it is faced.

Those words are written by James Baldwin, whose voice you heard at the top, in an essay

for The New York Times published in 1962.

For many people, it rings as true today as it did then.

The words have a power and clarity that seem to cut through time and space.

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