It meant something to see people who looked like me in comic books. It was this beautiful place that I felt pop culture should look like. Ta-Nehisi Coates beautifulbookcomic Change image and share on social
I do understand how hate eats at the soul and how to purge yourself of hate. Ta-Nehisi Coates eathatepurge Change image and share on social
When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it. Ta-Nehisi Coates insideprojectread Change image and share on social
I think a lot about the private emotions of black people - what we feel and yet is rarely publicly expressed. Ta-Nehisi Coates blackemotionexpress Change image and share on social
We look at young black kids with a scowl on their face, walking a certain way down the block with their sweatpants dangling, however, with their hoodies on. And folks think that this is a show of power or a show of force. But I know, because I've been among those kids, it ultimately is fear. Ta-Nehisi Coates blackblockdangle share on social
It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see. Ta-Nehisi Coates fightkindlive Change image and share on social
I feel some need to represent where I'm from. But ultimately, I think my only real responsibility is to - as much as possible - interrogate my own truths. This is to say not merely writing what I think is true, but using the writing to turn that alleged truth over and over, to stress-test it, in the aim of producing something readable. Ta-Nehisi Coates aimallegefeel share on social
We've got in the habit of not really understanding how freedom was in the 19th century, the idea of government of the people in the 19th century. America commits itself to that in theory. Ta-Nehisi Coates 19thamericacentury Change image and share on social
One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition. Ta-Nehisi Coates africanamericanpresent Change image and share on social
I would say as a journalist, I would envision travelling to other countries that have had to reckon with their past and see how they've done it: what worked, what didn't work, finding characters that would tell the story of how that process was done. Ta-Nehisi Coates charactercountryenvision share on social