Tag Archives: John McWhorter

Between Ta-Nehisi Coates and John McWhorter

Posted on 11/01/2023 by paulefallon

I read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me. It made me uncomfortable. I felt his anger and frustration. I realized that I never would, could, experience such alienation. I live in a world that’s powered by people like me, … Continue reading →

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Questioning the Language of Solidarity

Posted on 10/25/2023 by paulefallon

“In a broader sense, I know what happened to Iishea Stone: a luminous and extraordinary woman was failed repeatedly—by her family’s pathologies, by poverty, and by a social safety net that couldn’t seem to catch her, Had Iishea grown up … Continue reading →

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