![]() ![]() Coates disputes that America was built on the backs of slaves and that being Black in America will make him a constant target. Similarly, Coates introduces the idea that black people’s bodies “don’t belong to them,” drawing attention to the extreme negative effects that the unfair and racist system within America has.īetween the World and Me is a novel about race. ![]() While the American dream has traditionally represented the idea that anybody from any background can achieve their goals, Coates’ subverts these ideas though showing how only white people can achieve “the Dream,” emphasizing how they are able to continue to benefit from slavery, racism, and oppression within the United States. Coates uses the metaphor of “the Dream” within the novel to highlight inequalities. Coates reflects on many issues within the book, including the school system, the police, and street life. The novel is semi-autobiographical and recounts the narrator’s experiences growing up Black in inner-city Baltimore. ![]() ![]() The novel is written in two parts first as a letter from a father to his son, then later as a letter from the same man to his nephew. Click for catalog link.īetween the World and Me is a 2015 novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. ![]()
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