Between the World and Me is a basically a letter to Ta-Nehisi Coates’ son , Samori .
Recounting the hardships of being a black male in America , how to live in a black body . Going through life always having to be twice as good in everything you do to be considered average , taking responsibility for the actions of other black people , knowing and following the rules to a T , and having to struggle more than anybody else . Ta-Nehisi talks about his upbringing , though his son grew up differently , more privileged the world is still the same . Ta-Nehisi grew up in the ghetto of Baltimore , learned the streets and eventually got out . He attended Howard University and graduated five years later to start a career in writing . It was
Recounting the hardships of being a black male in America , how to live in a black body . Going through life always having to be twice as good in everything you do to be considered average , taking responsibility for the actions of other black people , knowing and following the rules to a T , and having to struggle more than anybody else . Ta-Nehisi talks about his upbringing , though his son grew up differently , more privileged the world is still the same . Ta-Nehisi grew up in the ghetto of Baltimore , learned the streets and eventually got out . He attended Howard University and graduated five years later to start a career in writing . It was