1. American Identity
... felt that America labeled him as being a "Negro writer-, and did not accredit him for being special because of his great abilities as a writer. Baldwin believes: "The reason for Europe's comparative clarity concerning the different functions of men in society is that European society has always been divided into classes in ... no envy from the waiter towards the actor because he is considered, in America, to be of higher standards than that of the waiter. Baldwin says America finds intellectual effort, like writing, objectionable because America is afraid that it may destroy the myth of A...
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