Ta-Nahesisi Coates, a renowned writer, in his book “Between the World and Me” authentically expresses racism at its core by presenting it as a letter from Coates to his teenage son, Samori, addressing the realities of being Black in America. Throughout the book, he expresses his definition of racism and the “black body” as a whole. I believe that his opinions in the book are valid and should be trusted because he looks beyond the definition and illustrates the impact of racism.
Coates claims that the most powerful weapon to illustrate racism is his use of figures of speech. In his writing he states “....race relations, racial chasm, racial justice, racial profiling, white privilege, even white supremacy—serves to obscure that racism is a visceral
