Between the World and Me: Empathy Is a Privilege
Barack Obama and Ta-Nehisi Coates have made race and empathy central to their writing, but their conclusions point in radically different directions.
The Brutality of a Country
Responses to Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me
Between the World And Me Book Club: Your Final Critical Thoughts
Readers continue to scrutinize Ta-Nehisi Coates's bestseller. Does the book present a blinkered view of black Americans? Is it actually bigoted toward whites?
Between the World and Me Book Club: Not Trying to Get Into Heaven
In departing from the religious rhetoric of hope and focusing on the “struggle,” Ta-Nehisi Coates retains the ability to relate to his multiple audiences.
Between the World and Me: Saving the Next Generation
Why America’s inner-city youth need not inherit all of the burdens of the past
Between the World and Me: A Journey, Not a Vacation
A memoir connects with readers in a way that allows them to discover the emotional trial of raising a black son.
Between the World and Me Book Club: More of Your Critical Thoughts
Readers continue to debate Ta-Nehisi Coates's bestseller. Will the book’s bleak outlook make people less motivated to fight injustice?
Between the World and Me: Black American Motherhood
The challenge of raising African American daughters in the Age of Ferguson
Between the World and Me Book Club: The Stories Untold
The story of a black, male, urban childhood illuminates just one strand of the black experience.
Between the World and Me Book Club: Your Critical Thoughts
Readers discuss Ta-Nehisi Coates's bestseller. Is it too bleak? Does it convey any hope for race relations? Is that even the point?
Your Stories of Racism: An Earlier Era
In our fifth installment of a series prompted by Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Letter to My Son,” readers share their experiences with bigotry before 1980. Are they much different from our recent stories?