American - Journalist | September 30, 1975 -
You don't make a case for reparations thinking, 'Oh yeah, people are gonna love this.' I didn't see that coming.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
LovePeopleThinkingYouSeeComing
It is often said that Trump has no real ideology, which is not true - his ideology is white supremacy, in all its truculent and sanctimonious power.
PowerWhiteSaidTrueRealIdeology
If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.
HistoryAmericanAmericaYouWhite
I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
NeverReadMockingbird
You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.
FactsYouKnowWantGotReparations
Everybody thinks that an important book has to be a big, long book.
BookLongImportantBigEverybody
It's very hard to be black in this country and hate America. It's really hard to live like that. I would actually argue it's impossible to fully see yourself.
LiveHateYourselfImpossibleBlack
I think riots happen when communities are under pressure for long periods of time. That's not a mistake.
TimeMistakeThinkPressureLong
People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
TimePeopleKnowIndividualAct
I would say as a journalist, I would envision travelling to other countries that have had to reckon with their past and see how they've done it: what worked, what didn't work, finding characters that would tell the story of how that process was done.
WorkPastStoryProcessFindingSay
When people think about reparations, they immediately think about people who've been dead for 100 years.
PeopleThinkDeadYears100 Years
The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.
GoodRelationshipHistoryPeopleYou
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Ta-Nehisi Coates quotes