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I propose to take our countrymens claims of American exceptionalism seriously, which is to say I propose subjecting our country to an exceptional moral standard. Ta Nehisi Coates Between the World and MeIve been following Ta Nehisi Coatess career as a national correspondent for The Atlantic Magazine for a few years now. Many people agree that he has become one of the most influential voices of his generation, particularly when it comes to writing about social, racial and political issues that affect the African American community in the United States. Coatess 2. 01. 4 cover story for The Atlantic Magazine titled The Case For Reparations, was one of the most widely discussed pieces published last year, and renewed a national discussion on reparations for American slavery and institutional racism. I rushed to get Between the World and Me the moment it got published. And yet I resisted reading it for a long time, my concern was that I would find it too bleak and depressing, that ultimately it would leave me with more questions than answers and failed to leave me with a positive outlook concerning the crucial problems it addresses. To a certain extend my fears were well founded. Even for someone who considers herself to be mostly aligned with liberal policies, this was not an easy book to read. Heck, writing this review has been a challenge, why you askBecause I know that theres not better way to alienate people probably even perhaps some Goodreads friends than to allow yourself to wander too deep into the political minefield that is talking about race issues in America. I found Coatess powerful memoir at times shocking, provocative and controversial. It also turned out to be a compelling and poetic memoir, a frank and moving letter from a concerned father to his 1. Black Lives Matter movement. Between the World and Me is sort of a extended, written version of the talk, a preemptive conversation many parents of black and minorities children have, coaching them on how to conduct themselves in front of the police. So perhaps Coates can be forgiven for using an urgent and alarmist tone. He writes Black people love their children with a kind of obsession, you are all we have, and you come to us endangered. I think we would like to kill you ourselves before seeing you killed by the streets that America made. As the mother of two young men of color I can definitely relate. Ive had my own version of the talk with my 1. Ta Nehisi Coates and son Samori. Of course, this is just one more of the many conversations parents, regardless of race, cultural background or economic status, would have with their children throughout their lifetimes. A list that includes the sex and dating talk, the alcohol and drugs talk, etc. The reason why the first conversation takes precedent over the others is that, doing you best to keep you child alive and away from danger understandably takes priority over any other concerns When it comes to describing the status of racial relations in America, Coates does not mince words, he conscientiously paints a raw picture for the reader, describing the emotional complexities of black life in this country. Theres a tendency in the US media and within our society at large, to describe minority children, and young black men in particular, as menacing, threatening, overly aggressive beings. Its what Bryan Stevenson on his magnificent memoir Just Mercy A Story of Justice and Redemption, describes as the super predator narrative. To me some of the most moving passages are the ones where Coates describes the fears and anxiety he experienced as a young man growing up in the streets of Baltimore fear ruled everything around me, he writes, and I knew, as all black people do, that this fear was connected to the world out there. Perhaps these men are not super predators after all. Author James Baldwin Coatess book was inspired by Baldwins 1. The Fire Next TimeIt took me a while to understand the context and language Coates uses to explain race and racism. He sees racism mostly as an act of physical assault executed on the body, Racism, he writes, is a visceral experience, that dislodges brains, blocks airways, rips muscle, extracts organs, cracks bones, breaks teeth. Coates writes, To yell black on black crime is to shoot a man and the shame him for bleeding. Between the World and Me also recalls Coatess journey from his youth growing up in Baltimore, to his college years at Howard College which he refers to as The Mecca to the beginning of his career as a journalist and writer, and to finally becoming a parent. Coatess tendency to, and forgive me for using an over simplistic allegory here, painting whole groups of people namely white people with a broad brush, I am afraid would only serve to perpetuate our differences. On the other hand, it seems obvious that in writing this memoir, the author didnt set out to write a manifesto on racial relations or to provide a laundry list of social and political policies that could helped solve these issues. This is mostly about a father explaining himself to his son and of course to his larger audience as best he can what it means to be a black man in America. A couple of weeks ago, after reading Julies review on this book, we exchanged some comments, touching on the the criticism Coates had received from some of his peers for writing what some considered a rhetorical litany of circumstances without a prescriptive mission. On that exchange, Julie raised an important point when she said some of Coatess African American contemporaries have taken him to task for painting such a bleak picture of race relations in the US, but I wonder why its on his shoulders to provide the answers Indeed, why do we expect him or anybody else toI want to finish my review with this powerful quote. Its from the mother of a Florida teenager who was killed by a man at a gas station because he refused to turn down the volume on the music in his car. Coates describes how, during a press conference, the mother turned to his son Samori and said this You exist. You matter. You have value. You have every right to wear your hoodie, to play your music as loud as you want. You have every right to be you. And no one should deter you from being you. You have to be you. And you can never be afraid to be you. The fact that Coates wrote this memoir at this particular time, leads me to think that as bleak and pessimist as his worldview seems to be, at some level he must believe theres a chance of reaching enough people to generate empathy, understanding and to ultimately make a difference. Or at least, thats my hope.