I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America by Tyler Merritt Book Review

In I Take My Coffee Black, Tyler Merritt opened up about many different variety of topics about his life story. He was raised in Las Vegas and he shared about his childhood. He is a musician, actor, and activist. He begins the book by opening up about how he loved exercising and one day he witnessed a lady hurrying to lock her doors and roll up her window and she said oh my god. She was truly terrified of him. He explained how he was six foot two and had deadlocks and he shared how he was perceived because he was black. Throughout the book, he opened up about his experiences with being black and how we are losing people at a rapid rate. One of the key things, he discussed was the viral videos he made entitled, “Before You Call the Cops” and “Walking While Black”. He shared his passion for rap and music and how he was a member of Broken Frame and how he was the leader of it. He opened up about his three top business axioms and how we can use them and apply them to our own lives. He also touched on religion and how he come to believe in Christ and his experiences with the church. 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is a fan of the viral videos and they relate to the message behind them. I also appreciated in how he tried to explain what it was like to be a black man and the racist he endured. One of my favorite chapters is the one called, “The Bench”. This one discussed his background in becoming a youth pastor and how transparent he was in sharing his fallout from the church. He was forced out for a mistake he made and they told him he would also lose his chance to keep speaking to a local high school. What I found encouraging was in the fact the coach stood by him and he still allowed him to have a part in the students’ lives. It’s was very touching to see that the coach and high school stood by him and it was disheartening that the church wouldn’t do the same. I understand both sides by everyone makes mistakes and isn’t perfect. I liked all the variety of topics he discussed and readers will get to meet the man behind the actor and musician. 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy of I Take My Coffee Black, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Take-My-Coffee-Black-Reflections/dp/1546029419/