Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me By Ta-Nehisi Coates
2015
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I had not heard or read all the rave reviews about this book before reading it. I was not even sure what it was about and had zero expectations. I am a little (pleasantly) surprised by how eye opening this book seems to be for so many white people. It did not feel like new information when I was reading it, but that is not at all to say that it was not a good book. The format of a letter to the author’s son is perfect. Nothing breaks down people’s walls like children. So many people can relate over the strength of the love of a parent and that desperate need to protect your child. I am sure this being a letter to his son allowed him to delve deep within himself and write with energy and passion, and that energy and passion will be contagious to those who pick up the book.  It also puts the reader in a somewhat more indirect place on the sidelines. Despite clearly moving many a white person, it was not written for or to write people and, for some, that might make it easier for them to put down their defensive shields and listen. I am glad this book exists and that people are reading it.