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That’s not an accident that Donald Trump didn’t begin with, say, trade or jobs or anything, that he actually began by otherizing the first African-American president of the United States.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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And I think, like, there’s a crucial difference between being, you know, Joe Schmo in the neighborhood and being the head, you know, of the government that, you know, in many ways is largely responsible for those conditions in the first place.
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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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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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To prevent verifying stereotypes, we pledge to never eat a slice a watermelon in front of white people.
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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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In particular in how [Barack Obama] has directed what you could describe as patronizing remarks to African-American communities.
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My mom used to tell me, I can’t use this phrase on the radio – but basically don’t be one of those dudes hanging on the corner.
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Giving opportunities to other people, it’s only right that you might want to, you know, pay that back.
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I mean, the president, you know, at one point when he was campaigning said I believe that Donald Trump was not qualified to run a 7-Eleven.
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Often ironic and self-deprecating – are always spoken that take on other meanings when uttered by others.
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