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Between the World and Me

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What’s it about?

In a letter to his teenage son, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the brutal reality of being Black in America, where the Black body is under constant threat from a system built on its subjugation.

You’ll learn

  • The Black body as a target of systemic violence
  • The 'Dream' as a myth of American innocence
  • Race as a social construct, not biology
  • Writing as an act of resistance and humanity