Within the last pages of the book, Ta-Nehisi Coates revisits his final stories and connects them to bigger lessons, morals, and ideas. In the beginning, he explains the significance of the African American race during the Civil War. The betrayal, the lies, and the switching sides as the African Americans were either threatened to fight alongside their masters or risked their lives fighting against them. After that, he moves along by telling stories of how the realtors of the world try to control the race of people moving in and out of neighborhoods. The ghettos remain ghettos and the suburbs remain suburbs. As the times have changed, this too has changed, yet Coates reminds his son that this is not something he should have to deal with. Coates then goes on to explain that the only reason why people commit these awful acts or try to is for “the reduction of the black body.” (111) The reason that people corner the African American race into ghettos is …show more content…
Coates had to meet with the mother of a boy who was shot for playing his music too loud. That was the day when the woman gave his son some of the most beneficial advice: “You exist. You matter. You have value…” and she continues to note all of his worth in the world and how he should never be afraid to be himself (113). Coates says that the biggest fear of most people is the fear of disembodiment. But, because everyone matters this fear is not relevant. The words that people use that break people down and make them feel lesser are phrases such as, “pretty for a dark-skin girl.” (117) One of the most prominent moments of the end of this book was when Coates spoke about travelling to Paris and finally observing and understanding the world. Immersing himself into a new culture allowed himself to see how others work and just how alive he is. That is the reason why he brought his son their, to put as much distance between him and the fear of