What does it mean to live as a Black person in America? In a society where the risk of becoming a victim of police violence or ending up in prison is still higher for Black individuals than for any other demographic group. What does it feel like? In the form of a letter to his 15-year-old son, the award-winning journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about his personal experiences as a young Black man and the challenging search for his own identity. This results in an authentic and contemporary portrait of a society whose history of racism continues to resonate today.