Ta-Nehisi Coates is an American journalist, award-winning and bestselling author, blogger, and speaker. His work addresses social, political, and cultural issues, especially on the issues of race.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates explores how mass incarceration has affected African American families.
You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable.
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“We were eight years in power” was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South.
When the news broke that Democratic nominee Joe Biden was now President-elect Joe Biden, and Sen. Kamala D. Harris would be the first Black, Indian, and female vice president, Coates couldn’t get too hyped.
Ta-Nahesi Coates, a mild-mannered, even shy writer for The Atlantic, has become a celebrity intellectual as his books about race have become bestsellers.
Difference in hue and hair is old.
Voting alone has never been enough to protect anything—least of all the vote itself.
Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about the presidency of Barack Obama, the role of race in American politics, and his new book, “We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy.”
One should never lose sight of why America preaches nonviolence to some people while urging other people to arms.
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s narratives of freedom
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You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable.
