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Kind of Blue

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3. Once again, Coates delivers a brilliant piece.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu Sep 7, 2017, 11:44 AM

Sep 2017

Halfway through it and had to stop to copy/paste some priceless gems of insights that we all know but can't express simply and elegantly as the master thinker/writer.

Thank you very much for posting!

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Ta Nehisi Coates has a new article out in The Atlantic October 2017. It's online. [View all] irisblue Sep 2017 OP

Here is the link. PdxSean Sep 2017 #1

thank you for posting that. irisblue Sep 2017 #2

brilliant! Blue_Tires Sep 2017 #6

Once again, Coates delivers a brilliant piece. Kind of Blue Sep 2017 #3

Brilliant! rogue emissary Sep 2017 #4

yup, people don't want to face the truth about race in this country JI7 Sep 2017 #5

Thanks for the link! MrScorpio Sep 2017 #7

I wonder what thomas frank would have to say about this JI7 Sep 2017 #8