I found "Going to Meet the Man" by James Baldwin very interesting. I thought it was really interesting how Baldwin used Jesse's racism to fuel his sexuality. At the beginning of the story Jesse is clearly not able to have sex with his wife but talks about having degrading sex with black women. The story began to make more sense when he told the story of when he saw the lynching of a man as a small child. As I was reading this memory of his it seemed that at first he was very traumatized by the event but quickly learned to enjoy it. I specifically say he learned it because he is afraid at first but then sees that his mom, who he seems to idolize, enjoying it so he then convinces himself that it is fun and enjoyable. He also says that as he is watching the man be killed he is somewhat aroused by it. Also, when he is remembering beating a black boy, almost to death, in jail he remembers being turned on. All these instances show that he finds sexual pleasure in having, especially knowing that he has power over someone because he is white. At the beginning he is unable to have sex with his wife because she is white, meaning that he can't treat her like a piece of meat and can't find the pleasure in torturing her. At the end, after he has thought back to a few times where he has had power over blacks he is finally able to have sex with her.