"Negro poverty is not white poverty. Many of its causes and many of its cures are the same. But there are differences—deep, corrosive, obstinate differences—radiating painful roots into the community and into the family, and the nature of the individual. These differences are not racial differences. They are solely and simply the consequence of ancient brutality, past injustice, and present prejudice." --Lyndon Johnson
Ta-Nahisi Coates does nothing to help me as I wrestle with what I do or don't need to do about "Reparations".
Sometimes, I understand completely why people spend so much time and energy longing for the good old days, when (they think) everything was so much simpler and easier. Shit makes my head hurt.
Ta-Nahisi Coates does nothing to help me as I wrestle with what I do or don't need to do about "Reparations".
Sometimes, I understand completely why people spend so much time and energy longing for the good old days, when (they think) everything was so much simpler and easier. Shit makes my head hurt.
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