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Dana DesJardins asked this question about Between the World and Me:
The flyleaf posits that this book "offers a transcendent vision for a way forward." While Coates insists on self-interrogation, education, solidarity, and awareness as survival strategies, I did not find a "transcendent way forward." Some help please?
Teresa This is an important point. No, Coates does not offer a way forward—more of an autobiographical explanation of how his thinking came to be. It is also…moreThis is an important point. No, Coates does not offer a way forward—more of an autobiographical explanation of how his thinking came to be. It is also a warning to his son to not become too complacent in this world, for the struggle is not over and the rights not fulfilled as they should be. Alongside this book, I recommend reading Coates' 2014 Atlantic article, "The Case for Reparations" which may give a better idea of a "way forward."(less)
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Dana DesJardins I am rereading the book and no longer, partially as a result of having conversations about it, entertain that naive notion that Coates needs to offer ...more
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