Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes

I Am Not A Cynic. I Love You, I Love The World And I Love It More With Every New Inch I Discover. But You Are A Black Boy, And You Must Be Responsible For Your Body In A Way That Other Boys Cannot Know. Indeed, You Must Be Responsible For The Worst Actions Of Other Black Bodies, Which, Somehow, Will Always Be Assigned To You. And You Must Be Responsible For The Bodies Of The Powerful-the Policeman Who Cracks You With A Nightstick Will Quickly Find His Excuse In Your Furtive Movements. And This Is Not Reducible To Just You-the Women Around You Must Be Responsible For Their Bodies In A Way That You Never Will Know.

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