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My belief is in the chaos of the world and that you have to find your peace within the chaos and that you still have to find some sort of mission.

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I think the body is the ultimate thing. The soul and mind are part of the body. I don't think there is anything outside of that. Your physical self is who you are. Some people feel that that is reductionist, but I don't think it is. It's just true.

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You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.

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One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little ways, but if we can be twice as good, somehow we can escape history and heritage and legacy.

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Every writer dreams of having the ability to hold forth for 8,000 words and pull all these different forms together: history, reportage, journalism. That was all I really wanted, and 'The Atlantic' was my first high-profile opportunity.

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To Trump, whiteness is neither notional nor symbolic but the very core of his power. In this, Trump is not singular. But whereas his forebears carried whiteness like an ancestral talisman, Trump cracked the glowing amulet open, releasing its eldritch energies.

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If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.

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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.

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The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.

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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: September 30th, 1975

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