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A review by kpro4
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates
5.0
Oh... My... Gosh... Talk about a gut punch.
Coates wrote an essay during each year of President Obama's presidency. He talked about the frustrations and pains of black people and why those pains have long (long, LONG) lasting effects. He talks about slavery, incarceration rates, sub-prime mortgage lending that made purchasing and keeping a home almost impossible, Jim Crow laws, white supremacy then and now, and so much more. It was a real gut punch to read this and learn about so many things I was blind to.
He sums it up well with this quote from a conversation he had with Obama- "It's amazing we got this far given what we went through."
Coates wrote an essay during each year of President Obama's presidency. He talked about the frustrations and pains of black people and why those pains have long (long, LONG) lasting effects. He talks about slavery, incarceration rates, sub-prime mortgage lending that made purchasing and keeping a home almost impossible, Jim Crow laws, white supremacy then and now, and so much more. It was a real gut punch to read this and learn about so many things I was blind to.
He sums it up well with this quote from a conversation he had with Obama- "It's amazing we got this far given what we went through."