I think President [Barack] Obama deeply underestimated the force of white supremacy in American life.
TA-NEHISI COATESIn particular in how [Barack Obama] has directed what you could describe as patronizing remarks to African-American communities.
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Never forget that we were enslaved in this country longer than we have been free.
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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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The progressive approach to policy which directly addresses the effects of white supremacy is simple.
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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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Talk about class and hope no one notices.
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These were the days when I powerfully believed Breyers and Entenmann’s to be pioneers in the field of antidepressants.
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I think, as a writer, I’m in my own head.
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More specifically, Barack Obama is the president of a congenitally racist country, erected upon the plunder of life, liberty, labor, and land. This plunder has not been exclusive to black people.
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Lot of folks like to mock dumb history, and pretend it’s just a few idiots. Isn’t. It’s the country.
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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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What I’m talking about is a national reckoning that would lead to spiritual renewal.
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Part of that is ordinary African-Americans, you come out of your house and you see the conditions in your neighborhood and you see, folks in your neighborhood doing certain things that, are irresponsible.
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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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When you have a policy of making sure that African Americans cannot build wealth, of plundering African American communities of wealth.
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I think the president [Barack Obama] adopted some of that same language, but took it into the White House.
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