Ta Nehisi Coates: "I am not a cynic. I love my country…"

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No soy un cínico. Amo a mi país y quiero verlo cumplir con sus ideales.

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“But race is the child of racism, not the father”

Ta Nehisi Coates

“In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body—it is heritage.”

“We are captured by a machine that treats you as less than human.”

“[...] We have made the world a lie.”

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