Between The World And Me Sparknotes

Between The World and Me Writing Assignment “Between The World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a book of many inspiring themes and messages. However, the most overarching message that readers should take away from this reading is the fact that the American “Dream” is merely a myth that attempts to conceal the racist reality of America’s past and present. Throughout the book, Coates demonstrated this myth in many ways. Coates points out the underlying lies within various aspects of American history, including but not limited to, American Democracy, the false impression of equal opportunity, and the prejudiceness that is the US justice system. Although, Coates made a numerous number of references to illustrate the American Dream as the myth that it is, these three seemed to be the most relevant and were nearest and dearest to me on a personal level.
This question irritates Coates because he knows that he is speaking to White America, and the answer to the question lies within the myth of American History that much of the audience chooses to see as the truth. However, Coates decides to speak his mind. He shines light on White America’s tendency to worship Democracy and forget that historically, America constantly infringed on the values of Democracy through enslavement, and theft. I took Coates calling out of American democracy as fraudulent and extremely misleading as a call to action for American citizens because if we don’t acknowledge the truth of the past, then we can never expect to achieve true