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Author Ta-Nehisi Coates told lawmakers at a House committee hearing that the debate over reparations is “a dilemma of inheritance.”
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.
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.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates (a staffer for "The Atlantic" and author of a memoir, "The Beautiful Struggle") has become one of the most powerful writers today.
Bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates answers an audience question about the power and ownership of words.
‘We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy’ author Ta-Nehisi Coates has his own definition of ‘whiteness’ and it has nothing to do with one’s race.
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In her Peabody-award winning public radio show and podcast, On Being, Krista Tippett provides a space for deep and meaningful conversations with profound thinkers of our time.