To celebrate freedom and democracy while forgetting American's origins in a slavery economy is patriotism à la carte. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Case for Reparations
To celebrate freedom and democracy while forgetting American's origins in a slavery economy is patriotism à la carte. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Case for Reparations
To celebrate freedom and democracy while forgetting American's origins in a slavery economy is patriotism à la carte. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Case for Reparations
To celebrate freedom and democracy while forgetting American's origins in a slavery economy is patriotism à la carte. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Case for Reparations
To celebrate freedom and democracy while forgetting American's origins in a slavery economy is patriotism à la carte. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Case for Reparations
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To celebrate freedom and democracy while forgetting American's origins in a slavery economy is patriotism à la carte.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Case for Reparations
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