![]() ![]() To live in a country where my appearance exists as the majority shields me the repercussions of isolating, racist views. ![]() I, like you, will never understand the disembodiment that Coates experiences as a product of racism. ![]() After all, aren’t Coates’ successful career and his son’s comfortable life proof of him defying the odds? But simultaneously, I receive the impression that inequality doesn’t always have to be victorious. Coates suggests that racism will never be entirely gone. It simply expresses the injustices of our world without minimizing them. However, this book does not give me the impression that we live in a completely hopeless world. I see shadows of racism rampant in American society, and frankly, it depresses me. I, like Coates seems to imply, cannot see a near future in which racism is vanquished. Regarding whether I find this book to be optimistic or pessimistic, I truthfully find it to be neither. I suppose that after this read, I am more aware of my ignorance than I have ever been. I will never know the fear and the disembodiment that Coates has experienced. As much as I try to imagine, I will never know what it feels like to be so disadvantaged by my appearance. The main point that will stay with me is the sheer lack of understanding I will always have of racism. ![]()
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