Article archive / December 2017
Originally published: . Volume 8, No. 12. Source pages: 14.
Between the World and Me by Ta–Nehisi Coates
Judith Steward, PhD Psychologist, Past President of the Florida Psychological Association
This book is by a black man, written to his son to help him understand how a man with a vulnerable black body can (maybe) survive and understand the white dream in which we all live in America. I learned more from this book than any other I have read and I am a long-term seeker of understanding of the black experience (including belonging for many years to the Association of Black Psychologists and much more). Imagine advising your child always to be mindful of having a destructible black body. I walk out my door daily with no awareness of my white body. I very highly recommend this book.
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