Between The World And Me Summary

Ta-Nehisi Coates with his book “Between the world and me” is searching meditation what it means to be black. An epistolary masterpiece explains the black perils particularly young image of of himself as African American in Contemporary America. Coates weaves his personal, intellectual development at Howard University, and pensive thoughts on how to live in a black body. His inspiration sources were James Baldwin’s classical describing life of common black man in America. Letter devoted to his son is heartfelt, raw, painful and honest emotions of Coates. And it delivers plain emotions of worry, anger, frustration and fear for his son’s future.

The story offers abridged portrait of authors life at home focusing on fear of growing up with belief
Moreover, he recalls his friends death by police officer who later found guilty of negligence and excessive force.

Most powerful assertion from this book is that doing violence to African American body is American legacy and tradition. Once more, he explains how difficult it is for American society to make change. “Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body- it is heritage.” The quote growth to be true thanks to the frequent acts oppression that people of color for failure and difficult obstacles especially in current cases such as Stanford rapist Brock Turner and Corey Batey, Eric Garner.

Also he associates the typical suburban idyll with what is called black dream, rather than calling it the white dream, subjugated and privileged. The construction of dream is one groups in power over another. Dreamers continue to plunder Earth as they plunder black bodies, if they take an action against it every one else will as well. Black bodies must revel in their communities and find joy from it. In the end if African Americans do attain their dream, result will be due to their spirit and willingness alone not determined by