Summary of Tyler Merritt's I Take My Coffee Black

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#1 I have done some of my deepest thinking on that bench, and though it’s a common bench, I’ve had some uncommon moments on that bench. I was trying to keep an old white lady from freaking out as I crossed the street.

#2 I was not laughing at the woman, but at myself. I was trying to figure out why she was so afraid of me, and I realized that it was because she didn’t know me.

#3 I want to remind you that there are a lot of people who won’t give me or people like me the benefit of the doubt. And I don’t have the privilege to guess who those people will be.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669390572

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Insights on Tyler Merritt's I Take My Coffee Black

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I have done some of my deepest thinking on that bench, and though it’s a common bench, I’ve had some uncommon moments on that bench. I was trying to keep an old white lady from freaking out as I crossed the street.

#2

I was not laughing at the woman, but at myself. I was trying to figure out why she was so afraid of me, and I realized that it was because she didn’t know me.

#3

I want to remind you that there are a lot of people who won’t give me or people like me the benefit of the doubt. And I don’t have the privilege to guess who those people will be.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Las Vegas is a city that was built around water. It was a key stopover for settlers heading west in the 1800s, and it became a pivotal place for trains and railways going to Los Angeles.

#2

Las Vegas has always been a city that welcomes people from all backgrounds. Because of this, I grew up in a diverse community, which is how I met my seven closest friends.

#3

I had many crushes in school, but the one that affected me the most was on a girl named Jennifer Smith. I was in love with her, and I planned our life together. As I was thinking about what we’d name our twins, Brian Garrett walked up and said hello to me.

#4

I spent the summer of 1984 with my grandparents in Eutaw, Alabama. I remember the dirt and the black people. It was a small town with only black people.

#5

The town of Eutaw, Alabama, was once a thriving cotton-farming town. It was home to some of the most beautiful and lavish plantation houses in the South, built off the backs of enslaved African Americans.

#6

In Eutaw, Alabama, a black person is considered dangerous, so the black community stays together.

#7

When I was