5/22/2023 0 Comments In between the world and me![]() ![]() ![]() He talks about both the history of civilization and the history of America in terms of the white-washed patina that has always distorted the role of blacks. ![]() He explains what has driven the black-on-black violence of street gangs the appeal of Malcolm X to young disillusioned blacks the sense of powerlessness that drives both and most saliently, the disparity between the realities of black and white lives. Underlying the story is a legacy of fear that he has had to live with, first for his own life, and now for the life of his son, who could be killed at any time just for looking the wrong way or being in the wrong place – in short, for being black. Here Coates writes to his 15-year-old son Samori, both about what it means to be black in America, and about his overwhelming love – as well as hopes and fears, for Samori.Ĭoates frames his rage in poetic verse as he charts his personal growth through the years. The author was inspired to write Between the World and Me by James Baldwin’s 1963 classic book The Fire Next Time, which Baldwin wrote in the form of letters to his nephew. ![]()
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