Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.
The best part of writing is not the communication of knowledge to other people, but the acquisition and synthesizing of knowledge for oneself. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
The best part of writing is not the communication of knowledge to other people, but the acquisition and synthesizing of knowledge for oneself.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
I am not asking you as a white person to see yourself as an enslaver. I'm asking you as an American to see all of the freedoms that you enjoy and see… - Ta-Nehisi Coates
I am not asking you as a white person to see yourself as an enslaver. I'm asking you as an American to see all of the freedoms that you enjoy and see…
Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another.
[E]mpathy - not squishy self-serving conflict avoidance - is the hand-maiden, not the enemy, of reason and intellectual inquiry. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
[E]mpathy - not squishy self-serving conflict avoidance - is the hand-maiden, not the enemy, of reason and intellectual inquiry.
What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices—more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe. What I’m talking … - Ta-Nehisi Coates
What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices—more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe. What I’m talking …
Just because you came here in 1880, 1950, whenever, you became an American. You get to celebrate July 4th like every other American. You don't just g… - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Just because you came here in 1880, 1950, whenever, you became an American. You get to celebrate July 4th like every other American. You don't just g…
The essence of American racism is disrespect. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
The essence of American racism is disrespect.
What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We … - Ta-Nehisi Coates
What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We …
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