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At The Mecca (Howard University): “I first witnessed this power out on the Yard, that communal green space in the center of campus where the students gathered and I saw everything I knew of my black self multiplied into seemingly endless variations.” (p. 40)

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In the first chapter of Between the World and Me, Coates explains what it is like to be black in America. Being black makes life harder, privilege wise. Race was created by racism, the terms black, white, yellow, and others along those lines, were made because people…

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Between the world and me

What is meant by these concepts? How does Coates speak of them? Where do these concepts come from? Who is included and who is excluded in these definitions? Who benefits and who is harmed by these definitions? What has shaped your understanding of these concepts up to now?