Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Alright. This book definitely brings up the issues of race in this country. Coates doesn't hold back on his experiences or his feelings. Sometimes I didn't understand where he was coming from, sometimes I disagreed, and sometimes I was offended, but it did make me examine my own observations and feelings closer than I ever have before. And it helped me understand his point of view and feelings...the anger, the fear, his reasonings of how the history of race relations inform the present situations in this country better than any other thing I've read. He doesn't come up with any advice or alternatives though, and I do wish I could see a way to make things different.


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