In Between The World And Me Essay Questions

Question 2 In “In Between the World and Me”, Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about dreamers and their dreams. The dream he describes is the American dream that is portrayed to be available to all. Coates basically said that the dream was not obtainable for black people. He says the dreamers themselves were white people. The dream, according to Coates, was built on a foundation of black people’s bodies. In other words success in America without black people. Later on, Coates talks to his son in the book about how the making of America is somewhat romanticized. The whole idea of Manifest Destiny is one of the dumbest explanation for a genocide ever. The indication that god wanted the land to belong to the white men of the time by any means necessary …show more content…
“Yes we can” is an anthem of hope that we can all achieve success. Will everybody become millionaires and billionaires if they put their mind to it no. achieving that involves either a great amount of luck through the lottery or , great financial knowledge, or you could be lucky enough to receive a “small” loan of one million dollars from your father like Trump. All this to say, Obama is a symbol that black people despite the odds can achieve anything really. The odds may be stacked but personally I look to change trends and carve my own path to success. We discussed in class that many black males start college, but don’t finish college. I will finish college unless tragedy strikes, which would be unfortunate, but I have too many people including myself who have put their faith in me to quit. If you didn’t know by now, I am a pretty strong optimist when it comes to me and the world around me. I assume the best of a situation even when it looks bad. I am not optimistic to the point of naivety. When there is no point in beating a dead horse I do not come back with a heavier bat. I believe that as a black it is my duty to uplift other black people to see a better …show more content…
Those who protest, write letters, books, or memoirs combating racism and their personal experience with it, and those who call out the unjust are all optimist. Even Derrick Bell is one, if he wasn’t he would have never put pen to paper, instead he would have let history run its course without a comment. They are all optimistic of a better future whether they admit it or not. Everybody could use a dose of optimism. There is no night without day and vice versa. We all just need to keep some amount of hope in reserve and never let it run