![Ta-Nehisi Coates Quote - [Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to trust, you know, in his fellow, you know, white countrymen in a way that I, for instance, you know, and the vast majority of black people I know never really could.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/grew-up-in-hawaii-that-gave-barack-obama-a-kind-of.jpg)
![Ta-Nehisi Coates Quote - [Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to trust, you know, in his fellow, you know, white countrymen in a way that I, for instance, you know, and the vast majority of black people I know never really could.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/grey-grew-up-in-hawaii-that-gave-barack-obama.jpg)
![Ta-Nehisi Coates Quote - [Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to trust, you know, in his fellow, you know, white countrymen in a way that I, for instance, you know, and the vast majority of black people I know never really could.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/blue-grew-up-in-hawaii-that-gave-barack-obama.jpg)
![Ta-Nehisi Coates Quote - [Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to trust, you know, in his fellow, you know, white countrymen in a way that I, for instance, you know, and the vast majority of black people I know never really could.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/red-grew-up-in-hawaii-that-gave-barack-obama.jpg)
![Ta-Nehisi Coates Quote - [Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to trust, you know, in his fellow, you know, white countrymen in a way that I, for instance, you know, and the vast majority of black people I know never really could.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/brown-grew-up-in-hawaii-that-gave-barack-obama.jpg)
![Ta-Nehisi Coates Quote - [Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to trust, you know, in his fellow, you know, white countrymen in a way that I, for instance, you know, and the vast majority of black people I know never really could.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/white-grew-up-in-hawaii-that-gave-barack-obama.jpg)
An unsegregated America might see poverty, and all its effects, spread across the country with no particular bias toward skin color. Instead, the concentration of poverty has been paired with a concentration of melanin.
TA-NEHISI COATES
[Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to trust, you know, in his fellow, you know, white countrymen in a way that I, for instance, you know, and the vast majority of black people I know never really could.
![Ta-Nehisi Coates Quote - In particular in how [Barack Obama] has directed what you could describe as patronizing remarks to African-American communities.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/in-particular-in-how-barack-obama-has-directed-wha-683x1024.jpg)
