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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?
Lori Realize that the author does not usually write any description of the book, it is the publisher that does that for advertising purposes. That being sa…moreRealize that the author does not usually write any description of the book, it is the publisher that does that for advertising purposes. That being said, I don't think that Coates was necessarily optimistic about a way forward. The only way forward for the US as a society is for the dreamers to give up the Dream because the dream is built on the bodies of the black people. However, I think Coates feels this not going to happen (on a large scale anyway...individuals may convert). I think he gave hope to his son moving forward but in a restrained way. He must not live in the dream, he must live in this reality and accept it.(less)
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by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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