Racism Exposed In Ta-Nehisi's Letter To Son

In the 21st century, during a time of racial tension in America, Ta-Nehisi, African American author and father, wrote “ Letter to Son,” a story about the racial injustices and corrupt government system built to tyrannize and destroy the black community. Coates claims that the oppression against African Americans continues to happen in today’s society because of the principles of slavery that the United States of America was built on. He supports his claim by helping the reader to draw the connection between the abuse of the black body and current issues in today’s society like police brutality, white superiority , and the unfair treatment of the black minority. He goes on to describe how white america has made it its job to keep all people especially african americans believing they are inferior to and less than the white man whether that being through the breaking down the black man subconsciously or physically. In the text, Ta- Nehisi goal was to explain to his son and other people of african descent that the it was America’s racist history that created a system that oppresses and dismantles the black community.Coates transitions between a frank and sympathetic tone to allow the reader to understand racism’s role in America. …show more content…
Coates describes to his son and other african americans his perception on race and oppression in America. Coates persuades the readers of his beliefs through appealing to their emotion on reason while also making comparisons that allow the reader to draw conclusions about the state of injustice in the United States. This text is important because it sheds like on the reality of how African Americans are treated and continue to be treated by a nation that is suppose to be set up to provide freedom and liberty to