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I think the president [Barack Obama] adopted some of that same language, but took it into the White House.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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[Winning the White House was an achievement], but as an African-American, [Barack Obama], I think the symbolism is in how he conducted himself.
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You know, the thing I always think about, you get up early in the morning to go to work and there’s some dude outside drinking and you come home and the same dude is outside drinking hanging on the corner. And then this engenders a level of anger I think and a level of shame.
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In particular in how [Barack Obama] has directed what you could describe as patronizing remarks to African-American communities.
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