“He could rock a T-shirt emblazoned with Faulkner’s Light In August.”

“The assumption that there is no real difference among black people is exactly what racism is. Our differences, our right to our individuality, is what makes us human. The point of racism is to rob black people of that right. It would be no different than me assuming that Rachel Weisz must necessarily have something to say about black-Jewish relations, or me assuming that Paisley must know something about barbecue because he’s Southern.”
 — Ta-Nehisi Coates has the last word on “Accidental Racist.” Or would, if one black person spoke for all black people. Which is not the case, says Coates.