Future Black History Month: Ta-Nehisi Coates' Political Prowess
This year, we're celebrating Black History Month in a big way. Each day we're spotlighting an artist, musician, writer and/or everyone in between—the folks who are changing history right before our eyes. Ta-Nehisi Coates is doing it perhaps in one of the most direct ways: Writing sociopolitical and economic injustices into digestible realities. The only way to glean understanding of the experiences of minorities is having them spell it out for you.
The majority of Coates' articles deal with the African-American experience. His career reached superstar levels with his 2008 article "This Is How We Lost to the White Man" in The Atlantic. It dealt with Bill Cosby and conservatism, how the comedian sought to inspire black individuals to "cleanse their culture, embrace personal responsibility, and reclaim the traditions that fortified them in the past." Coates outlined the ideals of black conservatism, the economic experiences it ignores and the complications within it.
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