Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes

I Can To See The Streets And The Schools As Arms Of The Same Beast. One Enjoyed The Official Power Of The State While The Other Enjoyed Its Implicit Sanction. But Fear And Violence Were The Weaponry Of Both. Fail In The Streets And The Crews Would Catch You Slipping And Take Your Body. Fail In The Schools And You Would Be Suspended And Sent Back To Those Same Streets, Where They Would Take Your Body. And I Began To See These Two Arms In Relation - Those Who Failed In The Schools Justified Their Destruction In The Streets. The Society Could Say, "He Should Have Stayed In School," And Then Wash Its Hands Of Him

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