What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Coates's attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Americans have built an empire on the idea of "race," a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men - bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. Ta-Nehisi Coates is best known for his writing in The Atlantic and the letter to his son that became the book Between the World and Me (2015). Summary: Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic Darhil Crooks / The Atlantic Politics Letter to My Son Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is. Join Now Log in Home Lesson Plans Between the World and Me: Teacher Guide: About the Author Teacher Guide Between the World and Me Lesson Plan About the Author.
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