Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates
This book reads like poetry. I stopped counting the number of lines that are quote-worthy. Ta-Nehisi Coates divides the world into the exploiters and their victims. He is quick to point out that all the wealth and success of the white folks has come at the expense of the black slaves. We couldn’t have one without the other.
The book is written in the form of a letter from Ta-Nehisi Coates to his fifteen year old son who will soon be leaving him to make his own discovery of the world. Ta-Nehisi explains his views, with the backdrop of his own upbringing in the rough and tumble Baltimore neighborhood. While the book is to a large extent “preachy”, it does have several anecdotes and stories that keep your interest. It is just 176 pages long and was the perfect length to keep me occupied on the flight from San Jose to Boulder, Colorado.
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