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A very important book. I wish everyone would read it. First I read it and then I listened to it. I would recommend listening if you have to choose. The effect was much more emotional for me on the second reading.
It's all very well using a #blacklivesmatter but what does that really mean ? This book tells you. This is why we should all try to read diversely so we can find out about how it feels to grow up as a black boy in Baltimore. There is anger and sadness in this story but also great beauty and incredible poetry. It's so deeply moving, for once you can believe the hype.
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I have heard Ta-Nehisi do a lot of interviews for various podcasts (Fresh Air, Studio 360, etc). and agreed with what he said...and found him interesting. When I saw the book I thought "One day"...and then I saw I had to read a book of letters and decided to give this one the time it needed. Mr. Coates writes a letter to his son about the what it means to grow up as a black man in the United States and the fears he has for his son. As I agree with a lot of what Coates said, there wasn't anything
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3.5
Makes you think. Worth a read.
Makes you think. Worth a read.
This should be required reading for any US History, Civics, or English class. It was a difficult read. It made me uncomfortable like nothing I've read before (and I'm grateful for it). And it gave me a long list of "required reading" from authors and activists mentioned.
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“I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world.” ― Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
This book was hard to read, but the writing was too good for me to stop reading.
Speechless.
Jul 06, 2015
Carrie
marked it as to-read
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Miquela
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