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A very important book. I wish everyone would read it. First I read it and then I listened to it. I would recommend listening if you have to choose. The effect was much more emotional for me on the second reading.
Sobering. Damning. Need to go back and read Coates' The Case for Reparations.
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Jul 30, 2020
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Coates's musing letter to his son is blunt, bleak, and beautifully written.
In this very short book Coates shares his thoughts on "the black body" and "the struggle" with "the dreamers" AKA "the people who think they are white" (the latter being a phrase borrowed and acknowledged, I believe, from James Baldwin). These are all powerful ideas woven throughout his meditation on their place in a world tainted by racism and exploitation.
One small recurring thread throughout is Coates' atheism. He al ...more
In this very short book Coates shares his thoughts on "the black body" and "the struggle" with "the dreamers" AKA "the people who think they are white" (the latter being a phrase borrowed and acknowledged, I believe, from James Baldwin). These are all powerful ideas woven throughout his meditation on their place in a world tainted by racism and exploitation.
One small recurring thread throughout is Coates' atheism. He al ...more
Everyone should read this book.
Jul 10, 2015
Becki
marked it as to-read
Jul 25, 2015
Rich
marked it as to-read
Nov 04, 2015
Kai
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it was amazing
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