Which best expresses the connection that Baldwin makes between the historical context of racial prejudice and the physical effects it has on his father? His father’s premature death reflects the rapid disappearance of racial prejudice in early 20th-century America. His father’s immunity to stress reflects the immunity of African Americans to the effects of racial prejudice. The tension in his father’s body reflects the tension between oppressor and oppressed in early 20th-century America. The weakness in his father’s body reflects the weakness of the riot against discrimination in Harlem.