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It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understandi
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"It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story"

- James Baldwin

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This quote by James Baldwin speaks with the power of songs in the African American experience. Baldwin recommends that songs is the only way for African Americans to tell their tale, as they are limited by a "safety nostalgia" that avoids them from being totally comprehended. This sentimentality is likely a referral to the racism as well as bias that African Americans have faced throughout background, which has actually prevented them from being seen and listened to in various other ways. Baldwin indicates that songs is a method for African Americans to share their feelings as well as experiences, which Americans have the ability to appreciate it because they are unable to fully recognize it. This quote talks with the power of songs in the African American experience, as well as how it has actually been made use of as a type of expression as well as communication.

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