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j4d3 · 3422 days ago · link · · parent · post: Twitter Drags David Brooks for Criticizing Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Book for ‘Excessive Realism’
I've seen the crazy shit that can happen to poor people of any color in our supposedly rich country. But I have a co-worker with four black sons. Imagine the fear black parents feel after a thing like the Trayvon Martin murder, a 14-year-old getting thrown to the ground for swimming in Texas, or church-going people getting killed in their church. Extra struggles still unfairly hold some black people back. I don't get a sense that black people are fighting against me, but that I should help, if I can, with their ongoing fight.