He could be chilling in the pulpit and indescribably cruel in his personal life and he was certainly the most bitter man I have ever met; yet it must be said that there was something else in him, buried in him, which lent him his tremendous power and, even, a rather crushing charm. 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 he was black but did not know that he was beautiful. To whom is the passage from "Notes from the Native Son" by James Baldwinreferring? Please explain the relationship between the speaker and the person he is referring to. What does the speaker think about the person's blackness? Explain the significance of race.