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

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我不是愤世嫉俗者。我爱我的国家，希望它能实现自己的理想。

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

Ta Nehisi Coates

“A writer wields the power to thrive on dialogue and reach into the human soul.”

“The entire narrative of this country argues against the truth of who you are.”

“I hope that my work always gets to the heart of what it means to be human.”

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