Summary & Analysis of Between the World and Me

In Between the World and Me, writer and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates bares his soul as he explains to his son what it means to grow up black in America. He describes how white supremacy is the foundation of the American Dream and how the whole system is built on the destruction of black people.

What does this SNAP Summary Include?

Synopsis of the original book

Key takeaways from each chapter

An overview of the two distinct societies into which America is divided

The systems that reinforce the oppression of black people

Editorial Review

Background on Ta-Nehisi Coates

About the Original Book:

What does it mean to be black in America, and how can a black person survive in such a racist society? Why does it seem as if white and black people live in different worlds? These are some of the questions that Ta-Nehisi Coates seeks to answer in his book, Between the World and Me. The book is an essay written to his teenage son to give him insight into the harsh reality of living in a racist society that is built on the brutalization of black bodies. Coates offers candid advice to his son to help him avoid the pitfalls of being black in today’s America.

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