James Baldwin and Britain

‘Identity Papers’, Marcus Cunliffe.

Source: The Guardian

Guardian, Feb 28, 1964. p.7

‘Identity Papers’, Marcus Cunliffe.

In his review of the re-publication of Notes of a Native Son and Nobody Knows My Name, Marcus Cunliffe seems to assert that prejudice against white people by people of colour is equivalent to white supremacist racism. This sparks a letter from novelist, NY Guardian correspondent (and author of book about JB) WJ Weatherby attacking this attitude (14/03/64 p8) which provokes a letter in response from Cunliffe defending his article (16/03/64 p8) and another attack by Weatherby (31/03/64 p7).