Summary Of Between The World And Me

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a read about the social injustices that he has been though and most blacks have also unwillingly been put through. Even though people believe that the discrimination that many black people went through during the period of slavery has been left behind, it has continued to walk behind their back through many decades. Discrimination and social injustice have always been present, in today's society it has blindly affected the lives of African Americans. This has brought to fear from any possible ways their bodies would be affected by. Ta-Nehisi Coates guides his son through all the things he has been through, he doesn’t avoid the fact that this is something real, he doesn’t feel sorry. Coates has
If you focus on these two words, Segregation, meaning setting something or someone apart from everything or everyone else; and discrimination, meaning an unjust treatment of different categories, you can come to see that these two words are not exotic terms. We know them to be very familiar to us due to its many historical appearances. To take a case in point, society has come a long way with these two terms we have seen them in the period of slavery were people of color where also the victims. In fact Coates was asked why he believed “the progress of those Americans who believe they are white, was built on looting and violence”, he admitted, “the answer is American history.”
In addition, the rudimentary purpose of the police is fostered by governmental authority with the intention of protecting, and maintaining a sense of security. Therefore the death of black men in the hands of police officers is something that is common today. Coates and others did not have the ability to accommodate themselves and better their safety, because they didn’t own the streets. Consequently, “Jones was murdered by the men who should have been his security guard.” (Coates, pg 90) This sort of fear penetrated the body like it happened to Prince Jones whose body was taken away from him. Furthermore Coates describes a feeling of fear when around the County police because they were in authority, they had plans for how your life was destined to look like and there was nothing you could do about that fixed destination. Coates has a good synopsis about fear and the body, “our world is physical. Learn to play defense, ignore the head and keep your eyes on the body.”(pg 33) Coates explains many times that you could not play defense, because as soon as you tried to people were not only pressing charges but putting your life on the line. He was afraid, knowing that his life, his body, and his future were in the hands of those who could take your life. To put this into perspective when it comes to power we seem to shut down, we obey immediately. In other words we accede because of the power they hold over us. Officers are “allowed” to take