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Abstract

The issue of racism has been a matter of consideration on postcolonial studies because it reveals the perpetual suffering of the discriminated groups. The miseries of the Black community experienced in the past can be analyzed in different ways and be used as a reference to a nation which is democratic and attentive to the rights of people. Using the textual analysis as the method of analysis through the prism of the critical race theory, this paper will analyze Between the Word and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates to understand the factors that influence the Black community and the effects of racism that they have to bear. With the sufferings of the Black community as the central subject, the chosen text illuminates the problem of racism- a problem that nurtures fear, anger, prejudice, and cultural conflicts- between the Blacks and the Whites in general but against the Blacks in particular. The speaker employs symbolic counter-stories, his or the experiences of other people due to their races, to show the racially prejudiced American society. The current work thus, is trying to concentrate on the topic of racism and sheds light on the effects of racism on the Black community through the characters in Between the World and Me. The paper also tries to comment on the corrective actions introduced in the text in order to overcome the racial problems.