Part 1: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Being Black in America
July 22, 2015
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as posted by the channelWe spend the hour with TaNehisi Coates, author of "Between the World and Me," an explosive new book about white supremacy and being black in America. The book begins, "Here is what I would like for you to knowIn America, it is traditional to destroy the black bodyit is heritage." It is written as a letter to his 15yearold son, Samori, and is a combination of memoir, history and analysis. Its publication comes amidst the shooting of nine AfricanAmerican churchgoers by an avowed white supremacist in Charleston; the horrifying death of Sandra Bland, a 28yearold AfricanAmerican woman in Texas who was pulled over for not signaling a lane change; and the first anniversary of the police killings of Eric Garner in Staten Island and Michael Brown in Ferguson. Coates talks about how he was influenced by freed political prisoner Marshall "Eddie" Conway and writer James Baldwin, and responds to critics of his book, including Cornel West and New York Times columnist David Brooks. Coates is a national correspondent at The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues.
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