Ta-Nehisi Coates
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893 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 19 Jun
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You put all that together and it's different.
It's different, right?
And saying that it's different doesn't mean it doesn't have precedent.
It does.
It does.
It does.
But it's also different.
All of that is like, like some of that just wasn't possible, by the way.
Like it's new because it wasn't possible.
You know what I mean?
Yeah.
It is armed identity politics.
That's what it is.
Like, it's the worst, you know, some would argue, and I probably would agree that all politics is identity politics, but all politics isn't this particular identity politics, you know?
And I think as you pointed out, like the memes, the 1950s stuff, the white supremacist stuff, where, you know, it was a New York Times article where the Times reporter calls up and says, hey, this is clearly a white supremacist anthem.
They deny it.
The guy goes and checks it.
You know, and then they act like he's lying and then they, you know, secretly take it down.
This is something new.
You know, and I'm you know, I've said some pretty harsh things in my time, but I don't know.
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