Between The World And Me Analysis

Between The World And Me Analysis All throughout America, and all throughout the world really, people discriminate against others based on color through one’s dialogues, actions, and thoughts. On numerous events and occasions, African Americans have been treated unjustly for no other reason other than one's skin color or the place where one comes from. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, also known as the Civil War rights, were passed in 1870 and declares equality for every U.S citizen. This equality is still not upheld in society today due to the systematic racism throughout America. In the novel, Between The World And Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates proves that Black Americans feel unsafe in the bodies they were given due to the social injustice in America. Between The World And Me is written from the point of view of Ta-Nehisi Coates, writing to his son Somori, describing his life as an African American living growing up in America. He writes about growing up in Baltimore and about learning how to survive as a child in the ghetto.

Coates writes “Fully 60 percent of all young black men who drop out of high school will end up in jail. This should disgrace the country. But it does not… I sense the fear that marked West Baltimore could not be explained by the schools ” (Coates 27). Coates in emphasizing the crime rate among African Americans. As a young black boy living in West Baltimore, he describes being tempted and pressured into joining and being a part of gangs. He describes this violence through a scene at his school when a little boy pulled out a gun and pointed it at someone. Gang violence surrounds African American’s and this leads to great fear. The fear of the loss of innocence within the African American community due to violence is a supporting reason as to why black Americans feel unsafe in the bodies they were