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Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: We are all losers in comparison to Malala

We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I didn't always have things,but I had people

I didn't always have things,
but I had people - I always
had people. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Enslaved" is what the plunderer does to a

Enslaved" is what the plunderer does to a righteous woman but "a slave" is a righteous woman who has accepted the plunderer's law. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: The progressive approach to policy which directly addresses

The progressive approach to policy which directly addresses the effects of white supremacy is simple - talk about class and hope no one notices. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I was born in West Baltimore, lived in

I was born in West Baltimore, lived in a situation in which violence was everywhere. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside

It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Some of the other students were out on

Some of the other students were out on the grass in front of Alain Locke Hall, in pink and green, chanting, singing, stomping, clapping, stepping. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: That he was outnumbered did not matter because

That he was outnumbered did not matter because the whole world had outnumbered him long ago, and what do numbers matter? — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: The standard progressive approach of the moment is

The standard progressive approach of the moment is to mix color-conscious moral invective with color-blind public policy. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Poetry was the processing of my thoughts until

Poetry was the processing of my thoughts until the slag of justification fell away and I was left with the cold steel truths of life. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: My work is to give you what I

My work is to give you what I know of my own particular path while allowing you to walk your own. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I am convinced that the Dreamers, at least

I am convinced that the Dreamers, at least the Dreamers of today, would rather live white than live free. In — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: You can live in the world of myth

You can live in the world of myth and be taken seriously. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: An America that looks away is ignoring not

An America that looks away is ignoring not just the sins of the past but the sins of the present and the certain sins of the future. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: The robbery of time is not measured in

The robbery of time is not measured in lifespans but in moments. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Dream thrives on generalization, on limiting the

The Dream thrives on generalization, on limiting the number of possible questions, on privileging immediate answers. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I did not tell you it would be

I did not tell you it would be okay because I never believed it would be okay. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I think a lot about the private emotions

I think a lot about the private emotions of black people - what we feel and yet is rarely publicly expressed. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I remember being amazed that death could so

I remember being amazed that death could so easily rise up from the nothing of a boyish afternoon, billow up like fog. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: This is the practiced habit of jabbing out

This is the practiced habit of jabbing out one's eyes and forgetting the work of one's hands. To — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: It meant something to see people who looked

It meant something to see people who looked like me in comic books. It was this beautiful place that I felt pop culture should look like. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Don't give up your life, preserve your life,"

Don't give up your life, preserve your life," he would say. "And if you got to give it up, make it even-steven. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: The rhyme pad was a spell book -

The rhyme pad was a spell book - it summoned asphalt elementals, elder gods, and weeping ancestors, all of whom had your back. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: One racist act. It's all it takes.

One racist act. It's all it takes. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: We'd summoned you out of ourselves, and you

We'd summoned you out of ourselves, and you were not given a vote. If only for that reason, you deserved all the protection we could muster. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: sometimes fail to walk the air

sometimes fail to walk the air — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: And hell upon those who tell us to

And hell upon those who tell us to be twice as good and shoot us no matter. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Had any people, anywhere, ever been as sprawling

Had any people, anywhere, ever been as sprawling and beautiful as us? — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I was about 13 or 14 when I

I was about 13 or 14 when I heard Malcolm X's speech 'Message to the Grass Roots.' — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: When you write, you're inside the project. You

When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: You can oppose reparations all you want, but

You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: We want to believe racism is an artifact

We want to believe racism is an artifact of the past, and if you have a political massacre, that contradicts that. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I feel sorry for people who only know

I feel sorry for people who only know comic books through movies. I really do. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: ...should the Dreamers reap what they had sown,

...should the Dreamers reap what they had sown, we would reap it right with them. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: The best part of writing is not the

The best part of writing is not the communication of knowledge to other people, but the acquisition and synthesizing of knowledge for oneself. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Race is the child of racism, not the

Race is the child of racism, not the father. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: To yell "black-on-black crime" is to shoot a

To yell "black-on-black crime" is to shoot a man and then shame him for bleeding. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Is the Jewish race thriftier than the Arab

Is the Jewish race thriftier than the Arab race? — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Whenever a woman smiled his way, she'd already

Whenever a woman smiled his way, she'd already begun dividing her life into trimesters. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: This is your country, this is your world,

This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: It's kind of selfish to say that you're

It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I should not mistake her calm probing for

I should not mistake her calm probing for the absence of anger. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Black people love their children with a kind

Black people love their children with a kind of obsession. You are all we have, and you come to us endangered. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: When people think about reparations, they immediately think

When people think about reparations, they immediately think about people who've been dead for 100 years. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I don't so much hope that any reader

I don't so much hope that any reader "agrees" with me, as I hope to haunt them, to trouble their sense of how things actually are. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic

African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: You have the right to every end of

You have the right to every end of your exploration and no motherfucker anywhere can tell you otherwise ... — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: And I knew then that I had failed.

And I knew then that I had failed. And I remembered that I had expected to fail. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: There was before you, and then there was

There was before you, and then there was after, and in this after, you were the God I'd never had. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: The country in which reparations actually happen is

The country in which reparations actually happen is a very different one than the one we live in. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Outside of hip-hop, it was in comics that

Outside of hip-hop, it was in comics that I most often found the aesthetics and wisdom of my world reflected. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: The essence of American racism is disrespect.

The essence of American racism is disrespect. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I just think that if one is going

I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I was made for the library, not the

I was made for the library, not the classroom. The classroom was a jail of other people's interests. The library is open, unending, free. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I love America the way I love my

I love America the way I love my family - I was born into it. And there's no escape out of it. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: What I wanted was to put as much

What I wanted was to put as much distance between you and that blinding fear as possible. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Of the Sun, Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient

Of the Sun, Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire, The African Origins of Civilization — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or

You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: What I want you to know is that

What I want you to know is that this is not your fault, even if it is ultimately your responsibility. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: You deserved so much more, little flower. You

You deserved so much more, little flower. You deserved a Wakanda that cherished you. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: [E]mpathy - not squishy self-serving conflict avoidance -

[E]mpathy - not squishy self-serving conflict avoidance - is the hand-maiden, not the enemy, of reason and intellectual inquiry. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Sell cigarettes without the proper authority and your

Sell cigarettes without the proper authority and your body can be destroyed. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Love could be soft and understanding; that, soft

Love could be soft and understanding; that, soft or hard, love was an act of heroism. And I could no longer predict where I would find my heroes. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Here is how I take the measure of

Here is how I take the measure of my progress in life: I imagine myself as I was, back there in — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I do understand how hate eats at the

I do understand how hate eats at the soul and how to purge yourself of hate. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: One of the things that's really, really present

One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: And you are here now, and you must

And you are here now, and you must live - and there is so much out there to live for, not just in someone else's country, but in your own home. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I almost never danced, as much as I

I almost never danced, as much as I wanted to. I was crippled by some childhood fear of my own body. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: The changes have awarded me a rapture that

The changes have awarded me a rapture that comes only when you can no longer be lied to, when you have rejected the Dream. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: There are no racists in America, or at

There are no racists in America, or at least none that the people who need to be white know personally. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: There isn't a dude outside my dad who

There isn't a dude outside my dad who had greater influence on my life. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I judged them against the country I knew,

I judged them against the country I knew, which had acquired the land through murder and tamed it under slavery, — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I think, as a writer, I'm in my

I think, as a writer, I'm in my own head. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: If George Washington crossing the Delaware matters, so

If George Washington crossing the Delaware matters, so must his ruthless pursuit of the runagate Oney Judge. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: America understands itself as God's handiwork, but the

America understands itself as God's handiwork, but the black body is the clearest evidence that America is the work of men. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: He was born-again, a state I did not

He was born-again, a state I did not share but respected. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Racism is a physical experience.

Racism is a physical experience. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: You are growing into consciousness, and my wish

You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: traveling as a pointless luxury, like blowing the

traveling as a pointless luxury, like blowing the rent check on a pink suit. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: You do not give your precious body to

You do not give your precious body to the billy clubs of Birmingham sheriffs, nor to the insidious activity of the streets. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: My impulses were not filled with unfailing virtue.

My impulses were not filled with unfailing virtue. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: If he hated, he hated because it was

If he hated, he hated because it was human for the enslaved to hate the enslaver, natural as Prometheus hating the birds. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: I could haveyou arrested!" Which is tosay: "I

I could have
you arrested!" Which is to
say: "I could take your
body. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: The loudest of doomsayers, so often, carry the

The loudest of doomsayers, so often, carry the weightiest of sin. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: This need to be always on guard was

This need to be always on guard was an unmeasured expenditure of energy, the slow siphoning of the essence. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: The entire narrative of this country argues against

The entire narrative of this country argues against the truth of who you are. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: For me, my writing benefits from my experience.

For me, my writing benefits from my experience. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: But I was grounded and domesticated by the

But I was grounded and domesticated by the plain fact that should I now go down, I would not go down alone. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: These were the days when I powerfully believed

These were the days when I powerfully believed Breyers and Entenmann's to be pioneers in the field of antidepressants. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Who is the Tolstoy of the Zulus?

Who is the Tolstoy of the Zulus? — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: In a country authored and sustained by criminal

In a country authored and sustained by criminal irresponsibility. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop,

It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books that I acquired much of my vocabulary. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: My belief is in the chaos of the

My belief is in the chaos of the world and that you have to find your peace within the chaos and that you still have to find some sort of mission. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: They were people turned to fuel for the

They were people turned to fuel for the American machine. Enslavement was not destined to end, and it is wrong to claim our present — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: but the schools were not concerned with curiosity.

but the schools were not concerned with curiosity. They were concerned with compliance. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: But you are a black boy, and you

But you are a black boy, and you must be responsible for your body in a way that other boys cannot know. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: The classroom was a jail of other people's

The classroom was a jail of other people's interests. The library was open, unending, free. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: When the journalist asked me about my body,

When the journalist asked me about my body, it was like she was asking me to awaken her from the most gorgeous dream. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with

When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates Ta Nehisi Quotes By Ta-Nehisi Coates: Among the Conscious, a man is only worth

Among the Conscious, a man is only worth his latest reading. — Ta-Nehisi Coates