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4.54 AVERAGE
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A beautifully written letter from Coates to his son. The writing was stark and lovely, but the book made me feel a little despondent, wondering if things can ever truly change.
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Beautifully written, compelling, and thoughtful. I felt like a fortunate intruder reading Coates’s letter to his son. I’ll have to spend more time digesting this one, as a “person who believes she is white”. The book isn’t a call to action but a call for reflection.
Really great perspective but was disappointed at some of the repetition.
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Powerful, prophetic, and poetic, this is indeed, as Toni Morrison notes, "required reading."
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A passionate, angry, incendiary, beautiful reminder that Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown are not talking points or controversies but human beings - human beings whose struggle offers a glimpse into the violent kaleidoscope of historic racism in our country. It's hard to fathom the world described here. It's a world so geographically close to mine but so cosmically far away. I don't know how to move towards erasing that chasm, but I want to know, and I think part of the answer possibly lies within these pages.
One of the few books that I’ve read more than once. Wouldn’t be surprised if I read it again and again and again.
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