He Tells His Son Summary

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The cause of the crime doesn’t even matter anymore, they can kill us for something so foolish and justice will not get served. As the story goes on he explain to his son how he struggled to be a black man. Baltimore taught him rules in the streets. He wonders what his son knows about those rules. He goes on to talk how he was left with no answers to the race issues and issues he was facing.This book was his way of educating his son about the challenges that he will face in life and all the false hope that the world what him to believe will change. Throughout the book he talks about the struggle is really all I have for you,” he tells his son, “because it is the only portion of this world under your control.” What a strange form of control.

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