A review by amalas_bookstop
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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5.0

Wow! This was a master class in exploring the black body and what autonomy or security is there for us by in a country whose glory days was to profit off of our ancestors bodies. I enjoyed reading what I guess can be considered a memoir that is addressed to his son, but he allowed to be made for all of us to read and learn from. 

I just read James Baldwin The Fire Next Time and I could not help but think of that book as I was reading this one. A book that was written 100 years after the emancipation proclamation, is still being echoed in today’s literature. It is a know fact that we as the children of our ancestors still face racism, we have only just begun to live as a race longer than slavery was allowed. I love reading books like this that continue to remind me to stay alert and struggle on. 
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