Race, Struggle, and the American Dream in Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Letter to My Son"

This essay responds to the ideas presented in Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Letter to My Son." The student remarks on Coates' pessimistic tone as well as the context of anti-Black racism and the American Dream.

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Bridget's feedback:

"You've done a good job responding directly to Coates' article. My recommendations include integrating your quotations more smoothly (an example of where you do this successfully is at the bottom of page 3: "Coates describes it as 'a society...'") and proofreading to ensure there are no errors. You will also want to check over your writing to make sure the syntax and diction is appropriate. There were some sentence fragments and casual language that may or may not work depending on your assignment guidelines. I want to also suggest thinking over your organization and how your present the ideas. The discussion could be streamlined within each paragraph to avoid repetition of concept and phrasing, and the final paragraph doesn't yet read like a conclusion because of the last minute discussion about Baltimore. You might consider moving that discussion earlier, or thinking about a different or new concluding paragraph after the current one."

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(Kibin, 2025)

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Kibin. (2025). Race, struggle, and the american dream in ta-nehisi coates' "letter to my son". http://www.kibin.com/essay-examples/race-struggle-and-the-american-dream-in-ta-nehisi-coates-letter-to-my-son-xJzvBliD

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("Race, Struggle, and the American Dream in Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Letter to My Son".")

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"Race, Struggle, and the American Dream in Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Letter to My Son"." Kibin, 2025, www.kibin.com/essay-examples/race-struggle-and-the-american-dream-in-ta-nehisi-coates-letter-to-my-son-xJzvBliD

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"Race, Struggle, and the American Dream in Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Letter to My Son"." Kibin, 2025. http://www.kibin.com/essay-examples/race-struggle-and-the-american-dream-in-ta-nehisi-coates-letter-to-my-son-xJzvBliD.