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Everyone should read this book. Especially maybe your mom.

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

July 25, 2018 by ardaigle 2 Comments

I consider myself fairly (very) liberal and open-minded which for me includes having a broad understanding of issues in America today, including the prevalence and pervasiveness of racism as it relates to being black in America. Obviously as a white woman my experience is one dimensional, and I know that I cannot really understand what it is to walk in the shoes of a black person in America. This book though, this book. Wow. If anything can really show white people what it is like, this is it. Coates has written an incredible book. Using the format of writing a […]

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7/25/2018 ardaigle's CBR10 Review No:29 |
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| Tags: Between the World and Me, Letter, Non-Fiction, Racial Commentary, Ta-nehisi Coates | Category: Uncategorized | 2 Comments

The Bedding is Made From Our Bodies

Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

February 6, 2017 by emmalita 9 Comments

I listened to Ta-Nehisi Coates read Between The World and Me a couple of times before I felt comfortable writing a review. I have been told, and it makes sense to me, that if I want to be an ally against racism, I need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. I am white. Or has Ta-Nehisi Coates might put it, I think I’m white. I am a beneficiary of white supremacy. If I want to help smash the white supremacist patriarchy (I do, I really do), I need to listen and allow myself to be uncomfortable with the experience and world […]

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2/6/2017 emmalita's CBR9 Review No:24 |
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| Tags: Between the World and Me, required reading, Ta-Nahisi Coates | Category: Non-Fiction | 9 Comments

Yours, Mine & Ours: Confronting American Racism

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

November 19, 2016 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Reviewed with Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me I started reading The Fire Next Time in the wake of the 2016 presidential election, reeling from the choice that my fellow Americans made and wondering where it all went wrong. Given my liberal/progressive bent, I was personally devastated and still am, and as the data came rolling in about Trump supporters, I was absolutely disgusted and enraged. Whites, including white women, went for Trump. Christians, including Catholics, went for Trump. And despite the initial assumption that it was poor rural voters who put this troll in office, the fact is, […]

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11/19/2016 ElCicco's CBR8 Review No:55 |
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| Tags: Between the World and Me, CBR8, ElCicco, James Baldwin, Non-Fiction, Racism, The Fire Next Time | Category: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction | 0 Comments

I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world.

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

May 26, 2016 by Caitlin_D 2 Comments

Between the World and Me has quickly become required reading for many people and I can see why, particularly in today’s troubling world. Under the advice of my sister I got a copy of the audiobook so I could fully live Coates’ words. Written as a letter to his fifteen year son, following the Michael Brown verdict, Between the World and Me is pure poetry. Short, passionate and beautiful. “My work is to give you what I know of my own particular path while allowing you to walk your own.” I didn’t agree with everything Coates said (particularly his lack of […]

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5/26/2016 Caitlin_D's CBR8 Review No:43 |
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| Tags: Between the World and Me, Ta-nehisi Coates | Category: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction | 2 Comments

“I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world.”

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

February 3, 2016 by expandingbookshelf 1 Comment

Let me cut to the chase-this book is a must read. Usually when you hear about a book hyped as much as Ta-Nehishi Coates’ Between the World and Me, you’re going to be disappointed. This is the rare exception. Before I even finished the 152 page book, I knew it was the type of work that will outlive all of us, a permanent fixture on bookstore shelves and college syllabi. This book-written in the aftermath of the Ferguson protests and published ahead of schedule after the white supremacist attacks in Charleston-is a nuanced, angry, and often frightened mediation of what […]

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2/3/2016 expandingbookshelf's CBR8 Review No:19 |
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| Tags: #memoir, Between the World and Me, civil rights, ferguson, Non-Fiction, Social Justice, Ta-nehisi Coates | Category: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction | 1 Comment

“Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body – it is heritage.”

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

November 10, 2015 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

Another book I have put off reviewing, but let’s dive in. As part of the Read Harder Challenge one of the tasks is reading a book by someone of the opposite sex. I have already read over 40 books written by men this year (which is surprisingly less than half, but I think my romance authors are what tips the scales) and I had kind of decided to wait to claim a book for this particular task until something stood out from the rest. This five star master work is that. This book is 152 pages long. I marked 25 […]

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11/10/2015 faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:94 |
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| Tags: Between the World and Me, faintingviolet, race in america, Ta-nehisi Coates | Category: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction | 6 Comments


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