Do read his latest screed post-Ferguson, at the Atlantic, "Barack Obama, Ferguson, and the Evidence of Things Unsaid."
Democracy in America is inseparable from the looting of native American land and the enslavement of blacks. It's unavoidable. @ashnavabi
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) November 26, 2014
Racism is an actual tool in American history. It serves real purposes. It is not just "white people being mean to black people."
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) November 26, 2014
Getting variations of the "go back to Africa" rebuttal. Not how this works. We are here to run you out, not the other way around.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) November 26, 2014
Hey, speak truth to power, brother. I'm sure race talk like that's doing wonders to improve race relations.
@wendyphd Coates is a huckster, actually. He should move to Botswana.
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) November 27, 2014
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