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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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mirandyli's review

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emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

What a beautifully written book. Ta-Nehisi Coates is truly an artist with the written word.

Through this letter to his son, he is ending the cycle of generational trauma. However, there is nothing he can do to end the cycle of racism in America. He, like all Black children, was told by everyone to be twice as good. White children aren't told to be twice as good. In fact, they are told to take twice as much.

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juksu's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75


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hanhantap's review

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0


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indeedithappens's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0


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purplepenning's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Should certainly be required reading, in and out of the classroom. 

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tmchopra's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5


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clarabooksit's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0


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samugranjo's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0


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zanm's review

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challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

3.5

I had to read this for class and I’m pretty torn on it. I had a two-three hour discussion with a friend and we came to several conclusions:

It is a good book because its controversy sparks discussion and the writing style is extremely raw. 

It is a bad book because it panders just a bit too much and doesn’t expand nearly enough on certain issues (ex. how racism is ingrained in America via capitalism). 

So you see- I’m torn. 

Personally, this gave me the feel of a book written so white people can read it and say they’ve “done the research.” I also really liked specific parts of it and hated others, but that’s crucial to a book on race. It’s not supposed to be comfortable. 

Another thing that immensely bothered me is that it’s marketed as “a book for his son” when it’s so clearly not. 

TLDR: Worth reading but only if you rip it apart and use it as a jumping point.

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solenodon's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0


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