618 Quotes by Ta-Nehisi Coates


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    I get really, really concerned when I see somebody, taking $600,000 in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs, will not release what they're actually saying. That's concerning.

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    I write what I write in the way that I write it. I'm not being abstract, you know. I'm talking about something that, you know, is a part of my life.

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    Donald Trump begins his political career in birtherism. That idea is connected to a very, very old notion that African-Americans are not citizens.

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    We had particular policies in this country that resulted in the larger share of poverty that we have in African-American communities.

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    In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body - it is heritage.

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    You can't make a direct comparison between middle-class African Americans and middle-class white Americans, affluent African Americans and affluent white Americans. The amount of wealth tends to be less.

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    Black people have been fighting for basic citizenship rights since the inception of the country.

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    One can say Senator Sanders should have more explicit antiracist policy within his racial justice platform, not just more general stuff, and still cast a vote for Senator Sanders and still feel that Senator Sanders is the best option that we have in the race.

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