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. Which best describes the effect that racial prejudice had on Baldwin's father in early 20th-century America?

Is 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.

Which best describes the effect that racial prejudice had on Baldwin’s father in early 20th-century America?

A. Baldwin’s father viewed himself in terms of limitations as opposed to possibilities.

B. Baldwin’s father viewed himself in terms of possibilities as opposed to limitations.

C. Baldwin’s father viewed himself in terms of pride as opposed to humiliation.

D. Baldwin’s father viewed himself in terms of humiliation as opposed to pride

The text shows Notes of a Native Son" non-fiction written by James baldwin between the 1940s and 1950s that analysis about the problems that blacks faced because of race issues in America. It shows that racial prejudice had negative psychological effects on those who suffered its injustices.

The excerpt states the condition of the father of James Baldwin viewed himself in terms of limitations as opposed to possibilities because of race issues even he was proud of his black color (his blackness) and did not shy away from it, however, he was aware of the systematic racism that makes him still felt that there are fewer opportunities because of his color.