But what one does realize is that when you try to stand up and look the world in the face like you had a right to be here,

without knowing that the result of it, you have attacked the entire power structure of the Western world.

From The Advocate magazine in partnership with Glad, I'm Jeffrey Masters and this is LGBTQ and A.

Recently, I've been thinking a lot about the work of James Baldwin, and in particular, this one speech that he gave about the racial problem in America.

We are going to hear a clip today. It is from Horace Ove's 1969 short film called Baldwin's N-word, and like so much of his work, it feels like

he's describing this very moment in time. And then the other thing you'll hear, I think,

is his patriotism. James Baldwin wanted to make our country and world the best possible place for everyone.

That is true of the people protesting in 1967 that he describes,

and it's also true of the people protesting today.

Hearing from queer figures like James Baldwin,

it always makes me feel just a little bit more grounded.

And I think it also shows why we unfortunately have to continue to say that, yes, black lives do matter,

and why saying that is also just the beginning of the work that we have to do.

So to that, we've got some links in the show notes.

If you're still looking for resources, for how to get involved, where to start, feel free to check all of those out. And then without

further ado, here's James Baldwin.

My school really was the streets of New York City. My frame of reference was George Washington and John Wayne.

And you are formed by what you see,

the choices you have to make,

and the way you discover what it means to be black in New York.

I know how as you grow older,

you watch in the richest city in the world,

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