PS: That calls to mind something I want to talk about, which is "The Reveal," because I think disillusionment is central to this book. You describe it as "the moment in which everything [has] to be reexamined, the tidal wave of understanding" around racism.
In this moment, do you have any words of wisdom for those going through their own "Summer of Truth" right now in the wake of George [Floyd], Breonna [Taylor], and now, Walter [Wallace Jr.]?
CB: You know, I'm a big Ta-Nehisi Coates fan, and I read Between the World and Me when I went through my version of that — I believe with Michael Brown. And he talks about what he said to his son when his son was dealing with that in the wake of Trayvon Martin. And he said something along the lines of, he couldn't comfort him, because, "This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it."
![PS: That calls to mind something I want to talk about, which is "The Reveal," because I think disillusionment is central to this book. You describe it as "the moment in which everything [has] to be reexamined, the tidal wave of understanding" around racism.
In this moment, do you have any words of wisdom for those going through their own "Summer of Truth" right now in the wake of George [Floyd], Breonna [Taylor], and now, Walter [Wallace Jr.]?
CB: You know, I'm a big Ta-Nehisi Coates fan, and I read Between the World and Me when I went through my version of that — I believe with Michael Brown. And he talks about what he said to his son when his son was dealing with that in the wake of Trayvon Martin. And he said something along the lines of, he couldn't comfort him, because, "This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it."](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/SQxmseYxHZFo0K_q6V-4-N9Vjlo/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2020/11/17/685/n/1922283/a6ee1311e8723309_GettyImages-539927540/i/PS-That-calls-to-mind-something-I-want-to-talk-about-which-is.jpg "PS: That calls to mind something I want to talk about, which is \"The Reveal,\" because I think disillusionment is central to this book. You describe it as \"the moment in which everything [has] to be reexamined, the tidal wave of understanding\" around racism.
In this moment, do you have any words of wisdom for those going through their own \"Summer of Truth\" right now in the wake of George [Floyd], Breonna [Taylor], and now, Walter [Wallace Jr.]?
CB: You know, I'm a big Ta-Nehisi Coates fan, and I read Between the World and Me when I went through my version of that — I believe with Michael Brown. And he talks about what he said to his son when his son was dealing with that in the wake of Trayvon Martin. And he said something along the lines of, he couldn't comfort him, because, \"This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.\"")
