Ta-Nehisi Coates Between The World And Me

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Between the World and Me Assignment #1 –Part 1 SummaryIn the first part of Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates seems to write to his son Samori about an interview he had with a talk show host and his experience in it. He discussesabout the idea of "the Dream" (or American Dream) of which he has "awakened" from and recurs the idea of their bodies often. Coates goes in detail about his youth in growing up on the streets of Baltimore and his schooling, which he both despised greatly and saw them as the same. He would read from his grandfather's books and other resources about African American history and the Black Panther Party. During one of his studies, Coates discovered Malcom X and began to idolize him and his direct, powerful, and

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