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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

It was made that way. And what you have is a system in which people are there to be exploited.
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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.
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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.
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[Donald Trump] went on to, you know, otherize Muslims, otherize Latinos, otherize women, that he built out from that. And it can be true that a unique, you know, individual like Barack Obama can succeed in spite of that and still be the case that that force is quite, quite strong.
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I think the sad fact is, there’s a long history in this country at looking at African-American as subhuman.
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Barack Obama is the president of the United States of America.
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Segregations, by which I mean people living in a certain area, was a planned system.
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Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.
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Never forget that for 250 years black people were born into chains-whole generations followed by more generations who knew nothing but chains.
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And I think that’s reflected in the fact that, when we have problems that really are problems of employment, that are really problems of mental health, that are really problems of drugs, our answer is the police.
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They’re right there waiting for it. A community of people who’ve been denied wealth, denied wealth-building opportunities, are right there. And the banks went right after them.
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I want to be really, really clear about this. It doesn’t mean that everyone or even the majority of people who voted for Donald Trump are racist or white supremacists or anything like that. But what it means is that it’s not a mistake that Trump began his campaign with birthersism .
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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 have the weight and burden of history.
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Addressing the moral failings of black people while ignoring the centuries-old failings of their governments amounts to a bait and switch.
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I think, as a writer, I’m in my own head.
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Better you knuckle up and go for yours than have to bow your head and tuck your chain.
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