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There's no read like a James Baldwin read. Here he scalps Harriet Beecher Stowe and unknowingly gathers his mentor Richard Wright.

In this essay found in "Notes of a Native Son", the eloquent James Baldwin concludes that "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" is a horrible “protest novel” because it is virtuous but not realistic, and therefore condescending. Baldwin then compares the novel of Richard Wright, "Native Son", to Stowe’s. He believes the black main characters of these books are distantly related by more than their continued acceptance and tolerance of racism.

I recommend reading both novels for more context. Enjoy!

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