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Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Enslavement was not destined to end, and it is wrong to claim our present circumstance—no matter how improved—as the redemption for the lives of people who never asked for the posthumous, untouchable glory of dying for their children. Our triumphs can never compensate for this.”

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
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Between the World and Me (One World Essentials) Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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