Ta-Nehisi Coates is the author of “Between the World and Me” which is a book that we wrote and gave it to his fifteen-year-old son. The book tells of Coates’ life and some of the challenges that he faced growing up. Throughout the books Coates’ refers to the term “black body” a lot and how it is constantly under threat.
When Coates talks about the black body he is referring to the color the skin of African Americans. I choose to write about this topic because why do people get treated so poorly because of the color of their skin. I do not understand why it is so difficult to be able to live in unity with fellow humans regardless of color, race, beliefs, or gender. As a white male, I can’t say that I faced the kind of diversity that Coates has been taking about, but I try to put myself in his position and image how I would feel.
Some examples that Coates gives on how the black body is treated differently is when he says, “I wish to live, but how do I live free in this black body” (12). I think that Coates is trying to say is that what does he have to do to not be treated differently than everyone else and just to be excepted. Racism is a major problem that we face in the United States and although it is labeled as the land of the free, unfortunately this is not the case. If it was really considered the …show more content…
When I read that Jones had been killed by the PG county police I am sure I was not the only one to assume that the shooter what white. When Coates said” The officer who killed Prince Jones was black.” (83). When he wrote this, it caught me of guard I wasn’t expecting it to be a black police officer that shot Jones. In today’s world whenever I watch the news I always see the headline of “White Police Officer Shoots Black Man”. Why do we insist on putting race into the mix and assume that they were killed because of what they looked like? We only see what the media wants us to
When Coates talks about the black body he is referring to the color the skin of African Americans. I choose to write about this topic because why do people get treated so poorly because of the color of their skin. I do not understand why it is so difficult to be able to live in unity with fellow humans regardless of color, race, beliefs, or gender. As a white male, I can’t say that I faced the kind of diversity that Coates has been taking about, but I try to put myself in his position and image how I would feel.
Some examples that Coates gives on how the black body is treated differently is when he says, “I wish to live, but how do I live free in this black body” (12). I think that Coates is trying to say is that what does he have to do to not be treated differently than everyone else and just to be excepted. Racism is a major problem that we face in the United States and although it is labeled as the land of the free, unfortunately this is not the case. If it was really considered the …show more content…
When I read that Jones had been killed by the PG county police I am sure I was not the only one to assume that the shooter what white. When Coates said” The officer who killed Prince Jones was black.” (83). When he wrote this, it caught me of guard I wasn’t expecting it to be a black police officer that shot Jones. In today’s world whenever I watch the news I always see the headline of “White Police Officer Shoots Black Man”. Why do we insist on putting race into the mix and assume that they were killed because of what they looked like? We only see what the media wants us to