“Liberals today mostly view racism not as an active, distinct evil but as a relative of white poverty and inequality. They ignore the long tradition of this country actively punishing black success – and the elevation of that punishment, in the mid-twentieth century, to federal policy.”

“Liberals today mostly view racism not as an active, distinct evil but as a relative of white poverty and inequality. They ignore the long tradition of this country actively punishing black success – and the elevation of that punishment, in the mid-twentieth century, to federal policy.”

— Ta-Nehisi Coates