Coates writes, “But you are a black boy, and you must be responsible for your body in a way that other boys cannot know. Indeed you must be responsible for the worst actions of other black bodies, which somehow, will always be assigned to you” (p. 71). a) Why do you think he is so intentional in mentioning the word “body”?
b) How does the idea of the black body fit into contemporary conversations about
race (e. g., the Black Lives Matter Movement, etc.)?