Baldwin's Nigger 3 of 3

Filmed by Horace Ove' - British filmmaker, painter and writer and one of the leading black independent film-makers to emerge in Britain since the post-war period. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Ove

James Baldwin and Dick Gregory talk about the Black Experience in America and relate it to that of the Caribbean in contemporary Great Britain. Filmed at the West Indian Student Centre of London.

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Education

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• James Baldwin
• Dick Gregory
• Mikha'el Moshe Dawid
• Vietnam War
• Saigon
• Racism
• Black Power
• White Liberals
• Western World
• Nigger
• Negro
• Black
• Slavery
• Critical Theory
• Critical Pedagogy

[scoprios]

What year is this footage?

[MikhaelMoshe]

@scoprios 1968

[pommiesniper]

So glad someone had the forethought to film this. James Baldwin is probably one of the most eloquent speakers of the 20th Century, without notes, seemingly without rehearsal, a pleasure to watch someone speak like this. We have so few of them in this century, most of those we have are old men from the last century.

[dragond19]

I love this man. RIP James Baldwin. A true HERO.

[grandmachristine42]

@amshiferaw Well although I meant what I said, it IS sarcasm on my part.Liberals are different than conservatives in that they don't sound so piggy, but it doesn't matter because they're still supporting imperialism. It's like the difference between being shot by a person who says "I'm sorry" or one that says "Die, ugly bitch" -- not a difference that matters .

[amshiferaw]

@grandmachristine42 how exactly is imperialism "done in better taste". White liberals, liberals in general, are STILL the problem to progress. all talk and no convictions.

[mistermendola]

love the ska version of "i shall be released" at the end! heptones?

[samsarahmail]

Powerful words...

[grandmachristine42]

"Liberal" did not mean the same thing in the 60's as it means now. Lately it seems to mean -to the press at least- "leftists". In those days it referrred to people who might be 1/4 inch left of center but are too comfortable or scared to actually support the change NOW. This is more fully explained in Phil Okes' song "Love Me I'm A Liberal". Liberals believe in imperialism but all done in better taste.

[blain147]

Genius

[singerphildaniels]

white liberal::white missionary::neoconservative

[thevillagescribe]

Awesome footage. Didn't know this even existed until now. Felt like I was in '67. Baldwin's mention of the riots in Detroit (summer of '67) I think would date it to sometime soon after but before the King assassination. Thanks for posting this.