This Ta-Nehisi-Coats essay...is one for the ages.

[Ninga]

This is difficult reading. Am buying The Atlantic today, so I may yellow highlight darn near every word.

This resonates so much with me because Just yesterday I wrote here at DU, how "seasoned politicos know fully well that words used as weapons, matter."
Coats writes brilliantly that words used to polite-away the heart of Trump voters is to deny the on-going struggle for equality.

While his content is overwhelming to digest...somehow, it flows like a thirst quenching rushing river. I love this man and his gift.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/the-first-white-president-ta-nehisi-coates/537909/

[ginnyinWI]

1. I subscribe to the Atlantic, and

when I see one of his articles, I devour every word. Brilliant writer.

[AJT]

2. Thank you for the link.

[Achilleaze]

3. Truth is often difficult, but always worthwhile

[MuseRider]

4. Thanks for the link.

I am bookmarking to read this. He does have a gift.

[roscoeroscoe]

5. Important essay

Read and share widely. Very clear eyed. Sharp as a tack.

[sheshe2]

6. Bookmarking to read later.

Thanks for the link, Ninga.

[Ninga]

13. You are welcomed, Sheshe2

[Solly Mack]

7. K&R

[Wounded Bear]

8. K & R ......recommended...nt

[octoberlib]

9. I love the way he writes. K&R!

[salin]

10. I just finished the article. Very important reading.

Very hard realities.

[zentrum]

11. K&R

[PunkinPi]

12. K&R

[LiberalLovinLug]

14. I found this line interesting and had never heard it put this way before

Talking about Trump white voter thinking:

"It is as if the white tribe united in demonstration to say, “If a black man can be president, then any white man—no matter how fallen—can be president.”

It was their reasoning to excuse any and all behaviour of their great white hope. That ANY white man, no matter how deplorable, was better than a black man, no matter how decent. That it all balanced out in the pigment of the skin.

[Ninga]

15. Sadly, I think he captured the essence of such voters. All the over thinking

analysis offer by the talking heads never resonated - never rang true.

[LuckyLib]

16. His book, "Between the World and Me" is stunning. A must-read.

[Ninga]

17. I agree. Required reading for those who still quest for understanding. Nt

[alittlelark]

18. The audio version is excellent.......

[Ninga]

19. Thx so much! Will check it out for sure. Nt

[Ninga]

20. This essay will appear in the OCTOBER edition. I have ordered 10 copies of

The Atlantic to give away.

I've noticed all over DU, newer discussions about the topic of the profile of the Trump voter.

None of those discussions take into account this essay. I guess it's too long....

[mountain grammy]

21. I bookmarked it and just read it..

Ta Nehisi Coates is a brilliant writer. I saved his "The Case for Reparations" that he wrote for the Atlantic in 2014, and this piece is every bit as brilliant.

[Ninga]

22. I agree, Coats is a linguistic master. I have to print out the article and yellow highlight

passages. It is my new baseline for discussions.