Read Banned Books: Between the World and Me

Framed as a letter to the author's teenage son, Ta-Nehisi Coates's book makes a pessimistic evaluation of American race relations, warning his son that 'racist violence... has been woven into American culture'. Part memoir, part historical argument, Coates's book drew praise from authors like Toni Morrison, won the National Book Award for nonfiction, and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.

2023 (South Carolina): A Chapin High School teacher was told by school officials to stop a lesson in her AP Language and Composition class centered on this book. Some parents and students had complained about the lesson, which they said made them feel 'uncomfortable' and 'ashamed to be Caucasian'. School officials expressed concern 'about the lesson possibly violating a state budget provision banning the use of state money for teaching certain ideas about race and gender.' The South Carolina Education Association and National Education Association replied with a letter supporting the teacher as using the book to 'help teach students how to write and engage with argumentative essays, including how to grapple with a text and argument with which they might disagree.'

Title:	Between the World and Me
Author:	Ta-Nehisi Coates
First published:	2015

Read about it at:	Wikipedia \| LibraryThing \| GoodReads
Borrow it from:	Your library \| Another library \| Find a library with it (via WorldCat)
Buy it from:	Bookshop.org \| Amazon \| Barnes & Noble \| Bookfinder.com