@charowen: Penn Badgley picked ‘The Fire Next Time’ by James Baldwin as one of his four favourite books. Here, he explains what Baldwin’s writing taught him. @Bustle
You just know when he dated Zoe kravitz he was teaching her all this 😭🤣
2025-11-16 18:39:49
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ambeezy_y :
😩 intelligence is so attractive
2025-11-16 20:50:02
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Lucas :
Carful ladies he’s seems charming now but he’ll obsess over you and get weird I’ve seen it….
2025-11-17 17:03:08
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River :
The bar is so low 😭😭😭😭😭😭
2025-11-18 13:29:32
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Dewon :
James Baldwin has a discussion with Nikki Giovanni on YouTube and it’s one of the best things I’ve ever seen. They’re both so poetic and so conscience.
2025-11-17 04:11:18
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Domino_Kane :
Constructs are as real as their utility.
Race is real, it's not biological.
2025-11-16 19:36:13
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fireslime1 :
Oh he’s an intellectual if he knows James Baldwin. Very great thinker.
2025-11-17 16:40:45
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6847928 :
Bro acting like Brian griffin
2026-02-03 16:59:29
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Idon’tknowyoulikethat :
Yeah Baldwin believed that whiteness was a pathology - as in it was the product of mental illness - his ideology was fundamentally humanist and he shone that light on black people.
2025-11-18 01:16:26
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coachchristy :
Yes people look at me like I'm crazy when I say it was designed to divide. We are all shades of brown. 🤷♀️
2025-11-17 15:58:24
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sommer 🍉 :
james baldwin said everything from the heart. god i love him
2025-11-17 18:35:07
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Viv :
James Baldwin, one of my all time favorite writers
2025-11-17 00:45:19
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kia :
Everything is a social construct. The only real thing is we are all Homo Sapiens. That’s it.
2025-11-17 19:35:21
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krblukes :
D’Angelo AND James Baldwin?! I love when we stan the right people ❤️…been admiring his craft since John Tucker Must Die.
2025-11-17 15:33:07
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spencaaa :
this is my fave conversation
2025-11-17 13:02:28
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Imani Lorraine :
JB should be mandatory reading in all US schools but alas… we could be so much farther along
2025-11-17 14:02:57
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Trang | Decolonial Therapist :
GREEN FLAG
2025-11-17 07:07:45
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Nickname :
I feel like I would get along with him 🤨
2025-11-17 07:00:31
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Geminisirlena :
For the watchers of this video, Baldwin was not the 1st person to speak on race construction ideology. The 1st person who spoke on this goes back centuries. I believe that the man speaking wasn't saying that Baldwin was the 1st, but for him, Baldwin was the 1st person he heard speak of this ideology. I just want it to be known that scholars have been saying this for years and everyday people have been ignoring it until recently.
2025-11-18 21:49:05
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Tońo :
he was a Genius
2026-01-03 04:54:31
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Lenspace :
Bro is intelligent. Anyone who reads and adores James Baldwin is a good dude
2025-11-18 23:48:07
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Lauren :
All of this. Phewyyy
2025-11-17 00:25:19
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CashLabejia :
I have a James Baldwin tattoo
2026-01-02 07:08:23
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Alexandriughhh :
Yes so good
2025-11-16 17:39:48
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Jazzzaritas :
James Baldwin also believed in a free palestine, whereas joe goldbergs actor, DOESNT 💔💔💔
2025-11-18 03:29:29
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