Summary Of Notes Of A Native Son

One of the major problems facing the people of America today is the problem of the segregation of racial and ethnic groups. Racial segregation occurred in the 19th century and it still being experienced today in the United States. The various forms of racial segregation that occurred in the United States include racial residential segregation, occupational segregation, and school segregation (Fiel, 2013 p. 830). The northern cities in the United States developed segregation through dividing districts according to race. Africans were not allowed to stay with the white people and even if they were allowed, animosity and tension were present. This research therefore outlines the effects of segregation in the United States as described in Notes of a Native Son, a collection of essays by James Baldwin first published in 1955. This paper will outline the various effects of segregation and point out some of the effects that can arise because of prejudice, discrimination, and segregation.
Racial Segregation
According to Grigoryeva and Ruef (2015), racial
According to Fiel (2013), the children in the majority groups who learn prejudice are taught to acquire personal status in a non-adaptive manner. The culture permits directing feelings of hostility against the segregated groups, which would cause them to develop feelings of guilt, along with rationalization and other mechanisms to protect themselves from recognizing the injustice of their hatred of such groups. According to the author of Notes of a Native Son, his father was very bitter and kept warning the children of the dangers that could arise as a result of associating with white people. The father never welcomed white children into his home, which could eventually influence the behavior of those