Ta-Nehisi, left me wanting more, he touched my heart so much that it brought me to tears. I feel such a deep interest, a deep sadness because this happens in our country. We allow hatred and violence and I am left wondering why? Why does skin color determine our stance in society? In this video Ta-Nehisi is talking about a book- this book is a letter that is dedicated to his son, samori. Ta-Nehisis starts off talking about fear. Fear cripples the African American people in our country. Fear sweeps under the wings of mothers, who worry about their sons. Or black males who worry about being shot. He talks about safety and how people of color always have to fear their safety. Safety comes when they have to dress a certain way and make sure their
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Once they got to a cul-de-sac, the officer pointed a gun at Prince, without showing his badge. Prince got into his car and rammed the undercover officer. The officer killed him. Ta-Nehisi talks about how he pictures himself tin the situation. He would not have trusted the officer because that’s hard to do when the officer was dressed as a criminal yet he didn’t show his badge. Anybody would have been afraid; Princes reaction was justified. This was a senseless murder much like the ones all over the news today. Ta-Nehisi was overcome with thoughts of Princes Mom. He could not fathom how she could be living with herself after her sons murder. He decided to give her a visit. Dr. Jones, a radiologist welcomed him. They spoke about her past and how her ancestors were enslaved. She made herself successful, she rose up. Dr. Jones remembers sitting on the back of the bus when she was 4. Racism can be subtle in who has what job and where someone lives. This is quite true because your worth a lot of the time is often determined by what you …show more content…
People are separated this way. Furthermore, Ta-Nehisi is reminded of his grandmother when speaking to Dr. Jones. Something that stood out to me was how he said that she got herself out of the projects and intro homeownership. I am someone who lives in the projects and there is a burning desire in me to get out. I want to be successful and I know it was very hard for his grandmother, but she was able to move past doubts and power through in her goals. I aspire to be like people like her. Dr. Jones also had a desire to work hard because she remembered making a pact with a friend, they both wanted to be doctors. Now when she was in highschool she was a start, at first she fought with people who insulted her, but then she became president. However, when she ws out on the field she was cheered on by students, but the black students on the other team were called niggers. Dr. Jones moves on to talk about her successes she went to school, served in the navy and became a radiologist. She moves on to speak about her son whom she called Rocky. He went to Howard University He’d been to private schools, had lots of friends, was well liked and was smart. He went to Howard to be normal because the people that went there knew what it was like to be singled out and to be
Once they got to a cul-de-sac, the officer pointed a gun at Prince, without showing his badge. Prince got into his car and rammed the undercover officer. The officer killed him. Ta-Nehisi talks about how he pictures himself tin the situation. He would not have trusted the officer because that’s hard to do when the officer was dressed as a criminal yet he didn’t show his badge. Anybody would have been afraid; Princes reaction was justified. This was a senseless murder much like the ones all over the news today. Ta-Nehisi was overcome with thoughts of Princes Mom. He could not fathom how she could be living with herself after her sons murder. He decided to give her a visit. Dr. Jones, a radiologist welcomed him. They spoke about her past and how her ancestors were enslaved. She made herself successful, she rose up. Dr. Jones remembers sitting on the back of the bus when she was 4. Racism can be subtle in who has what job and where someone lives. This is quite true because your worth a lot of the time is often determined by what you …show more content…
People are separated this way. Furthermore, Ta-Nehisi is reminded of his grandmother when speaking to Dr. Jones. Something that stood out to me was how he said that she got herself out of the projects and intro homeownership. I am someone who lives in the projects and there is a burning desire in me to get out. I want to be successful and I know it was very hard for his grandmother, but she was able to move past doubts and power through in her goals. I aspire to be like people like her. Dr. Jones also had a desire to work hard because she remembered making a pact with a friend, they both wanted to be doctors. Now when she was in highschool she was a start, at first she fought with people who insulted her, but then she became president. However, when she ws out on the field she was cheered on by students, but the black students on the other team were called niggers. Dr. Jones moves on to talk about her successes she went to school, served in the navy and became a radiologist. She moves on to speak about her son whom she called Rocky. He went to Howard University He’d been to private schools, had lots of friends, was well liked and was smart. He went to Howard to be normal because the people that went there knew what it was like to be singled out and to be