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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?
S.W. Gordon Tolstoy is the Tolstoy of the Zulus. The way forward is to eliminate racial bigotry and bias on both sides of the equation---something Coates fails to…moreTolstoy is the Tolstoy of the Zulus. The way forward is to eliminate racial bigotry and bias on both sides of the equation---something Coates fails to accomplish on his end. Coates would rather fan the flames of racial division than attempt to heal the wounds of past injustices.(less)
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Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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