I firmly believe that racists, and those who work with the machinery of racism, must ultimately answer for themselves. But without someone shouting, we tend to forget and to elide uncomfortable realities that we have deemed unspeakable.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates, on the dilemma faced by modern black public intellectuals who are skeptical of the approaches used by tradiitonal activist groups but recognize the need to occasionally call people out. Ths is a must-read article. I’ve always given the old-line movements a lot of slack, if only because its important to have someone remind us who our enemies are. (via conservativeradical)
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