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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2015 · 176 pages
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About the book
Ta-Nehisi Coates writes a letter to his teenage son, exploring what it means to inhabit a Black body in contemporary America. The book is a profound meditation on race, history, identity and the fear that permeates the African American experience, interwoven with personal and historical reflections.
With lyrical prose and rigorous thought, Coates confronts readers with the reality of structural racial injustice while seeking to understand how to build meaning and dignity in this context. An essential work of nonfiction that resonates as both historical insight and an urgent personal call.
Book details
| Author | Ta-Nehisi Coates |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Pages | 176 |
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”A love letter, not just to [his son], but to Black people and even to the United States, in the truest sense of the genre.”
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