Ta-Nehisi Coates gatecrashes meeting as school board discusses banning his book: report

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By Sky Palma
Published July 18, 2023, 3:13 PM ET

A South Carolina school board meeting got a surprise visit from journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose book community members were railing against, The Daily Beast reported.

The Lexington-Richland District 5 School Board convened on Monday to discuss outrage over Coates’ 2015 nonfiction bestseller, "Between the World and Me," which has been placed on book ban lists, according to The Beast.

Previous reports say the book, which is an essay to Coates’ son to prepare him for the life he will live as a Black man, was removed from the curriculum after students said it made them feel “guilty for being white."

https://www.rawstory.com/ta-nehisi-coates/

[uponit7771]

1. Those students are guilty for sympathizing with oppressors

[Solly Mack]

2. We're superior. We're supreme! Ouch! Words! Stop! They hurt!

[Wounded Bear]

3. Sticks and stones may break my bones...

but words really, really hurt!



Do I need a ?

[jmbar2]

4. That was a great book

All Wipepo should read it. Provides visceral exposure to what black folks - especially young men - must know just to survive in our society.

Yes, I felt uncomfortable because so many folks of my race cause this much trauma to our black brothers and sisters.

[Recycle_Guru]

5. I am a strong white ally standing with my black fellow citizens & other minority groups

ai think referring to us as wipepo is demeaning and counter productive