Ta- Nehisi Coates responds to Mitch McConnell on reparations

“It’s not a good idea.”  Asked where he stood on reparations in response to an upcoming hearing, Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate Majority Leader, said, “I don’t think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago for whom none of us currently living are responsible is a good idea.”  When asked by a reporter about […]

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Don’t Apologize To Me

Not captured, not mastered Enslaved only to what I choose Never stood on an auction block This freedom I did not lose   Never lived on a plantation Worked from can’t see to can’t see Lift your countenance when I approach And don’t feel sorry for me   Don’t judge me based on history  And […]

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