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I am deeply affected/changed by this book. What a writer, at the peak of his powers it seems. One question: what is the reasoning for beating children as it relates to black children at risk for violence in the wider world?
Colleen It's an old notion that it will teach them to act in line, respecting authority and instilling a level of fear, which is supposed to keep them safe. …moreIt's an old notion that it will teach them to act in line, respecting authority and instilling a level of fear, which is supposed to keep them safe. (less)
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Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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