The Argument for Reparations, and the Question of Justice
Coates vs Sanders… and Lincoln
Coates vs Sanders… and Lincoln
In an otherwise fine speech, the President continues a pandering tic that’s well past its sell-by date.
Note: My thoughts and fervent best wishes go out to everyone in Boston. At this early juncture I feel that’s all that can be responsibly said. As Ta-Nehisi Coates notes, this report should put to rest any questions of Rand Paul’s sincerity when it comes to minority outreach: Paul acknowledged criticism for the speech he gave at Howard…
In his writing on the Civil War and American slavery, Ta-Nehisi Coates frequently refers to a “war” on the slaves and/or America’s black populace. (The violence done to slaves — or at least the threat of it — did to some degree extend to free blacks.) This is a notion that I’ve been less than comfortable with,…
Because I’m behind the times (the Internet times, that is—they move so fast and I’m already stuck at least a decade ago), I’ve just now gotten around to reading Ta-Nehisi Coates’ long-form article on the Civil War and tragedy. I don’t want to belabor quibbles over the definition of “tragedy” any more than other and…
Ta-Nehisi Coates posts the below video, writing: I don’t even know what to say anymore. It’s officially fine to be bigoted toward Muslims. The panel (rather politely) dissented. I guess that’s a good thing. It’s crazy. You could just as easily trade in Tanika for Mohammed, and terrorism for welfare babies. Different reasons. Same fear.…
Reading both Andrew’s comments on the Atlantic’s site re-design and Ta-Nehisi Coates, I am reminded again of the importance of creating something personal with new media, that blogging is not journalism exactly, and that bloggers themselves are more rightly the “brand” in question than the publications they write for (though, in all honesty, there is…