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The author provides social criticism about the racial problem in America during the 1960s and the 1970s. However, he also describes his personal experience of racism and his own participation in the civil rights struggle. What led James Baldwin to leave America? What does his life reflect about the experience of racism, and what are his hopes for the future? Use textual evidence to support your answer.
The author criticizes Western culture and explains the reasons for its decline. Why does Baldwin describe Western values as a global problem and how does it connect to the American crisis?
The text extensively refers to the position of Algerian immigrants in France in the 1950s. How does Baldwin connect this issue to America? What were his emotions as an African American man in Paris?
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