Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Like, I don't I don't have a desire to get that.
out of you, you know?
But I do think that in mass, white people in this country do not have a very, very long history in trying to formulate a vocabulary for how to talk about these things.
And I think in the course of formulating that vocabulary, people will make mistakes.
People will make mistakes.
And there will be language that, you know, we used, you know, three or four years ago that we decide, you know, hey, it don't work.
You know what I mean?
Like that probably is not the approach we should take.
And maybe what you're feeling now is even like the movement has kind of advanced over where it was five years ago.
Maybe that's some of, you know, what is heartening to you.
But I just think we put so much pressure, you know what I mean, on people.
Meanwhile, the other side is out here talking crazy, like talking crazy.
You know what I'm saying?
Like, just out there minds, like, talking.
You know what I mean?
You know, we're strong enough to do it.
Season Greenland.
You know what I'm saying?
Like, because we can.
You know, just out here talking crazy, and yet, you know, we get one book.