Between the World and Me
This book is about the author’s personal experience. It uses a narrative way to show the unfair treatment of the black community in the United States and how he himself educates the next generation. The author frankly told his children about the biased treatment and dangers that a black people might encounter in their lives, by telling stories.
One aspect that the author wants to reveal in this book is that the mainstream society in the United States is still not so friendly to black people, which leads to the fact that black people are less likely to be employed and promoted than white people. Because they are still in a period of systematic rejection by mainstream society and suffering the injusticetreatment. For example, there is an example of the author’s college friend in the book. This boy came from a very good background of family, as his father was a doctor. And his study and character were also outstanding. However, he was suspected and followed by a police officer on his way home and was shot and killed.
The author uses real examples and powerful words in this book to show the problems of social judgement and racial discrimination, which are obviously not sufficiently reported by mainstream media. He also demonstrated a relatively realistic willingness, that is, as long as he starts from himself, this will affect the people around him, instead of changing the system and laws of the entire society at once.
But even though many people of color encounter unequal treatment in society, they are still striving to fight for their own interests. The author shows through his own story that as long as a person can give full play to his abilities, he can live in a very sinister environment without losing his bottom line, and more importantly, to live happily, which is enough. What he instilled in his son was actually this kind of thinking: you have to recognize the bad things in this society, face this cruelty, and live a positive and happy life.
