I did not know then that this is what life is - just when you master the geometry of one world, it slips away, and suddenly again, you're swarmed by strange shapes and impossible angles.
Ta-Nehisi CoatesLot of folks like to mock dumb history, and pretend it's just a few idiots. Isn't. It's the country.
Ta-Nehisi CoatesAny time you have, you know, upwards of 90 percent of a demographic voting against somebody, that's a statement.
Ta-Nehisi CoatesRacism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another.
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