When being a young teen you are often curious about the world and what is ahead of you. When I was a teen I often thought about sports, academics, and what my future would be like. Conversations I would have with my parents would usually consist of sporting events to come, what interests I had outside of athletics, and my academics. Other than that I was just a young teenager excited for what was to come. I didn't have many fears other than heights and the Steelers not winning the super bowl. I can gratefully say that as a young white teen I had it pretty good. Unfortunately not everyone can say they were in as great of a situation I was in. In relation to the story "Between the World and Me" Coates' son was in a completely different situation. I can't imagine being Coates or his son in this situation. I'm not sure if it would be harder to go through all of the hardships that Coates did or to be Coates and have to explain to his son what is ahead of him. It had to have been so hard for him to explain to his son that he is already at a severe disadvantage because of how he looks. His son at the age of fifteen already had to see the deaths of Tamir Rice and Renish McBride, and that the ones responsible are not held accountable. In addition, with the situation surrounding Michael Brown Coates' son was very upset and even more upset about the fact that the authority let the killers free. He is worried that his son only thinks of injustice as what happened to Michael Brown, not also the fact that there is racism throughout America in general. In Conclusion, it is evident that my young teen experiences and Coates sons young teen experiences are complete opposites simply due to the injustices of American Americans in the United States.

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