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its always going to be a big issue thoughout life and its not fair that inncoent black men have to change a certain way in order to look and be seen as a what society think a man should be

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a lot of people think that because your black your in a gang or a drug dealer or criminal

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But some may believe in a sense that baldwin's way of thinking is the accurate way

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Coates does this because he wants his son to know the true and harsh reality. he doesn't want to sugar cote it because at the end of the day, the son might face these problems and he wants him to be more aware and be able to deal with the challenge he might face.

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yes because of the sterotypes that was made up of black men

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Coates build up as child made him into the hopeless man he is now, he has no sense of hope that change can actually occur

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So black men are the most at risks of facing discrimination and brutality by police.

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yes because it his way of highlighting that black men are at risks the most

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baldwin and coates wrote in two different time periods but they both touch on the same issues and wrote it to the same type of audience

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Also in the excerpt of coates the people he reference of being targeted and brutalized by policemen were all males

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Why couldn't they write to their niece or daughter but they choose to write to their nephew and son

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Coates tone in his letter to his son was way more aggressive than Baldwins he refuses to make excuses for the white people especially the ones in the police force during this time of police brutality he protrays a less affectionate side to convey his stance in his letter. Do you think Coates does this thoughout his letter because of the way he was raised as a child ?

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its a sense of they both feel as if being a you black young male in both their times is a disadvantage

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rephrase your question

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Why do you think they are both writing to males? Do you think that black males face a lot more discrimination than black females.

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@mercy who's upbringing ?

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Baldwin

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even though Baldwin lived through a lot of tragic times he still tried to shine light on the dark days i wonder where he mind of thinking was during this time that made him more loving than spreading hatred

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Do you think that it has to do with his upbringing in a religious family

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He's most likely more empathic because his time of when he was alive and now is totally different because back then going against norms and treating blacks as equal was harder to do than now, now people can have mind of their own

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baldwin is more understandable when it comes on to how some whites are towards the black community, while coates on the other hand is more aggressive when it comes to how he expresses his feelings, he's very raw there's nothing sugar coated.

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They both are addressing someone they hold dear and exposing them to the injustice and discrimination black people face in this society.

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i agree with what statement i do believe that Baldwin was way more empathic and understanding of why some of the whitefolks mistreated people like him he encourages patience and love

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