Summary Of Between The World And Me

Between the World and Me Analysis Throughout Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates touched on several pitfalls that affect the black community. Through anecdotal stories from his childhood, Coates is able to define to both his son and the reader why being black in America is so hard. When reading this book Coates stressed the importance of black people needing to understand that America was not created for us to succeed. He goes on to explain that the American Dream of living comfortable and secure in a house with a white picket fence is one of the reasons that the black body is in such danger. Believers of this Dream are so blind to what’s going on around them due to the fact they are only focused on themselves. It is because of this explanation and the fact that a majority of the book deals with this idea, I believe the most powerful message is that the Dream is the reason why the black body is unappreciated in American society.
White people since the creation of America have taken advantage of their power and have used black people to complete tasks and as a result helped them get ahead. This is apparent in every phase of American History from slavery, Civil Rights, and even today in the era of Black Lives Matter. It speaks volumes to Coates point that in an “equal society” that black people have to create a movement known as Black Lives Matter in order to prove we exist and should be treated with equal