Between The World And Me: The Daily Show

The American dream was created by workers but made for dreamers. Dreamers are people that have continuously been taught to believe that great things in life can be achieved by everyone. They are also people that have been raised to overlook the imbalance of power and equality amongst all. In his novel, Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates essentially wrote advice to his son on what life will be like being an African American male in America. The worries, concerns, and questionable situations are all written in a manner that is deemed relatable to those of color, as well as males. The movie, Freedom Writers and the television show called The Daily Show, both contain instances of white privilege and preset limitations created by stereotypes and modern day society. These are all topics that provide explicable evidence of inequality, leading to the solution of hope and its relevance regarding change. However, hope is not enough to awaken the dreamers. The act of turning a blind eye to the limits placed on the quality of life does …show more content…
The ultimate goal of the minority is for overall equality along with the elimination of stereotypes, judgment and unfair treatment. Coates identifies the appropriate actions one should accumulate when longing for change. To his son, he advises, “But do not struggle for the Dreamers. Hope for them. Pray for them, if you are so moved” (Coates 151). He goes on to say this at the end of the reading, to remind his son and people that can relate, that this problem cannot be solved overnight. The controversy, that is continuously referred to when elaborating on the topic of an uninvited transformation, is the amount of time being spent one change. A significant amount of time has been spent on trying to help create a change in the way black people are perceived by