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Sunday, February 16, 2014

On the Killing of Jordan Davis by Michael Dunn - Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic

I insist that the irrelevance of black life has been drilled into this country since its infancy, and shall not be extricated through the latest innovations in Negro Finishing School. I insist that racism is our heritage, that Thomas Jefferson's genius is no more important than his plundering of the body of Sally Hemmings, that George Washington's abdication is no more significant than his wild pursuit of Oney Judge. I insist that the G.I Bill's accolades are inseparable from its racist heritageI will not respect the lie. I insist that racism must be properly understood as an Intelligence, as a sentience, as a default setting to which, likely until the end of our days, we unerringly return.

On the Killing of Jordan Davis by Michael Dunn - Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic

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