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Ta Nehisi-Coates:
"Somewhat related, you've probably noticed a certain level of venom from me on these issues. It's there in my post on the Times' Harlem piece, and it's there in my discussion of that White Cities article from awhile back.
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It's not merely being treated as an equation, it's the notion that African-Americans are a group who do not act, but are only acted upon. So the fact that there aren't many blacks in Seattle and Portland, must say something pernicious about Seattle and Portland, not something about about wanting be closer to Moms down in Alabama. The fact that Harlem is becoming an increasingly diverse must represent some kind of 'loss' for African-Americans, not the desire to have a house with a lawn. ... It pictures black America as a kind of machine programmed only to move when prompted by A.) racism B.) cultural pathology."
Originally from Ta-Nehisi Coates :: The Atlantic reBlogged to on Jan 7, 2010, 10:00AM