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Between Ta-Nehisi Coates and John McWhorter
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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Tagged Between the World and Me, John McWhorter, racism, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Woke Racism
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White Like Me
In 1993, at age 38, I came out to myself as a gay man. I know, I know, a long time coming. From then, things moved pretty quick. Within weeks I came out to my wife. After a month of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Hollaran, James Baldwin, Paul Monette, racism, Robb Foreman Dew, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tim Wise, White Like Me
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