Read the excerpt from notes of a native son. it had something to do with his blackness, i think—he was very black—with his blackness and his beauty, and with the fact that he knew that he was black but did not know that he was beautiful. he claimed to be proud of his blackness but it had also been the cause of much humiliation and it had fixed bleak boundaries to his life. what does the excerpt tell readers about racial prejudice in early 20th-century america?

The text shows how racial prejudice in the twentieth century in America had a negative psychological effect that directly affected blacks' self-esteem due to the many cases of humiliation they were subjected to.

Baldwin's father had negative effects of prejudices and viewed himself limited to possibilities.

Explanation:

"Notes of a Native Son" is a non-fiction written by James Galdwin, first published in 1955.

In his book, he talks about the problems that blacks faced because of race issues in early 20th-century America. The author's father was a preacher. And wanted his son to be the one. But in his book James write that he always desired to be a writer.

The following excerpt states the condition of the father of James Baldwin that he suffered because of race issues. He states that his father suffered from "paranoia". His father was proud of his black color but still felt that he have less opportunities because of his black color.

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first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.