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Jan 25, 2018writermala rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book includes eight essays, one for each year of the Obama Presidency. There is an epilogue which talks of the tragedy of electing Donald Trump. I found that I enjoyed this book much more than Coates' bestseller, "Between the world and me." The book is well researched and well presented and I now have a much better understanding of what African Americans have undergone over the last three centuries. Coates shows how important it is to offer reparations to the African Americans so they can "Catch up." Each essay touches on a different topic but the undercurrent is the same. Yes, Coates has risen from a Black author to an American author by writing this book which I thoroughly enjoyed.