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    Between the World and Me is a 2015 book written by Howard graduate, Ta-Nehisi Coates. Coates frames the book in the form of a letter to his young son, Satori, who is just 15 years of age at the time that the work is published. Coates’ primary purpose for writing the book is to educate his son on the struggles that come along with being a black being in America. The book was written in the midst of the deaths of black males such as Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and Tamir Rice. It is

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    The American Dream and its projected image, much like the American system, is damaged. Not only has the American Dream become a myth for most of the population, but it is rendered near impossible for black people. Ta-Nehisi Coates basically presents the Dream as a fallacy and plainly nonexistent in his letter to his son, while the protagonist in Ellison’s novel does actually carry and achieve the Dream in a beautiful and treasured way throughout the book. Nevertheless, the American Dream in Invisible

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    The most powerful messages I encountered in the Coates work “Between the World and Me” was the undervalue of black life and the false idea of the “American Dream” in the society of America. During Coates time at Howard University, he experienced the death of his classmate, Prince Jones. The death of his classmate leads him to the conclusion that the value of black life in America was not equal to that of the majority. He believed that the undervaluation of black life derived from the many years of

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    In Ta-Nehisi Coates’ enlightening novel, Between the World and Me, the author draws a great amount of attention towards what it means to be black and the experiences he has had as a black man in America. One message that truly spoke to me was a quote on pages 107 and 108, in which Coates is directing his language toward his son as he says: “You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable… I never wanted you to

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    gap in control of providing your children a better life than you had frames the way Ta-Nehisi Coates writes his novel Between the World and Me. The book is written as a letter to his son. As Coates addresses the struggles out of his control that his son would face, he reveals the harsh reality of growing up black in America through his own personal narratives. One of my take-a-ways from the book is Coates’ notion that it is systematic racism that kills

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    of nature of judgment, considerably known as racism. Ethnic minorities suffer racism in their lifetime, relating to Ta-Nehisi Coates memoir “Between the world and me” is an understanding of ineffectively influencing personal experiences, stereotypes, and ignorance towards people who face the issue of racism in reality like myself as a latina college student. As for Coates, he is an African American who lived in west Baltimore and attended Howard University in Washington D.C and now lives in New York

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    Ta-Nehisi Coates is an American educator, journalist, and writer. Ta-Nehisi writes about social, cultural, and political issues, regarding African-Americans for The Atlantic where he is a national correspondent. Not only did Coates write the book Between the World and Me but he also wrote The Beautiful Struggle.Before reading this book I had no clue who Ta-Nehisi Coates was. When I first read that we had to do a book report I immediately froze up because I hate reading books. I prejudged Between

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    Racism is a problem many black people encounter. They must overcome hate, ridicule, and ignorance of other people. In the book, Between the World and Me, the author, Ta-Nehisi Coates explains, in a letter, racism in America to his fifteen year old son. Choosing to format it as a letter was a great idea because it let him get on a deeper, emotional level with us, the reader. Blacks, especially in Georgia where I live, have always had a huge chip on their shoulders. They blame the whites for everything

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    “Between the World and Me” is a 152 paged book written by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The book’s sale price is $18.88 at Barnes and Noble. The author of this book was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 30, 1975. Coates began his writing career as a reporter for the Washington City Paper. Throughout 2000 and 2007, he worked for various publications. His career took a peek in 2008 when he was hired at the Atlantic for his piece, “This Is How We Lost to the White Man.” He attended Howard University; however

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    Ta-Nehisi Coates used clear and convincing evidence in supporting in his case for paying reparations to African-Americans. Coates argues that American society has established different types of social, political and economic standards that deprived African-American of the opportunities to fully participate in the fulfillment of the so-called “American Dream.” African-Americans have suffered the greatest indignity in the history of the humankind. Millions of African-Americans were enslaved throughout

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