These were the days when I powerfully believed Breyers and Entenmann’s to be pioneers in the field of antidepressants. TA-NEHISI COATES BeliveDayPioneerPowerfully
With segregation, with the isolation of the injured and the robbed, comes the concentration of disadvantage. TA-NEHISI COATES ColorDisadvantageInjuredIsolationRobbedSegregation
Lot of folks like to mock dumb history, and pretend it’s just a few idiots. Isn’t. It’s the country. TA-NEHISI COATES DumbFolkLotMock
The Knowledge Rule 2080: From maggots to men, the world is a corner bully. TA-NEHISI COATES BullyCorner
You know, it felt like him reverting back to what was in his bones and that’s, you know, optimism and a deep belief in, you know, American institutions and the American people. TA-NEHISI COATES BackInstitutionKnowOptimisticRevert
What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices-more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe. TA-NEHISI COATES BribeHandoutMeanPayoffRecompense
Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others. TA-NEHISI COATES BroadMerelyMoreOftenSimplistToward
An America that looks away is ignoring not just the sins of the past but the sins of the present and the certain sins of the future. TA-NEHISI COATES CertainIgnoreJust
When you have a policy of making sure that African Americans cannot build wealth, of plundering African American communities of wealth. TA-NEHISI COATES BuiltCommunitiesMakePlunder
