Race is the primary theme of this book, every topic or experience that he shared could be traced and connected to the topic of race and racism. To develop this primary theme …show more content…
A story that helped develop racism and race in this text was Coastes DWB ( Driving While Black) story. Coates addressed the fears that he had the moment he was pulled over “I sat there in terror” ( Between The World and Me, Coates page 75). Although the officers never explicitly stated why they pulled him over, Coates knew that it was because of his race and the racism that has been passed down to generations.The fear that went through Coates body and mind was because he was a Black man in America. This fear that was conditioned into Coates and is still conditioned into young Black males today, comes from racism