"People were not slaves, they were enslaved" | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Google Zeitgeist 2019

Editor-in-Chief of HuffPost Lydia Polgreen interviews journalist and novelist Ta-Nehisi Coates on the enduring legacy of slavery in the US and the inspiration for his new book, The Water Dancer.
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One of America’s most prolific writers on race and culture, Ta-Nehisi Coates just debuted his first novel, The Water Dancer. Already #1 on the NYT Best-seller list, The Water Dancer follows the life of a young boy who was born into slavery. Earlier this year, Coates lobbied congress on the case for reparations. In 2015 he won the National Book Award for Nonfiction and received a ""Genius Grant"" from the MacArthur Foundation. He has also authored Black Panther graphic novel series.

[@jmax313]

"You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudice quicker than you can convince man by logic." Robert A Heinlin

[@gigglegaggle9762]

That's deep.

[@troyrobinson3216]

So true

[@aquickstory2196]

absolutely. enslaved is the most appropriate word;forces the real conversation most want to avoid

[@ronharris8799]

Slave was the individual, title. For those who were, Enslaved.

[@cyberrock9018]

This dumb ass is supporting DEMOCRATS WHO SLAVED BLACK PEOPLE AND PASSED JIM CROW LAWS!!!!!! what is this idiot doing jeez they are killing our black babies and this man actually think democrats are on his side and that republicans are racist he supported Hillary which her mentor was a KKK DRAGON!!!

[@arrjee9474]

yo lo Seems like when you jump into politics and take sides, you automatically lose, no matter which side you’re on.

[@ronharris8799]

Slaves is the designation, for persons in slavery. While "Enslaved", is the process. By which, they are made. By force, into slaves.

[@gnewell8]

@@cyberrock9018 tell me about it. Mindblowing ... We need to wake TFU. Great points. True points.

[@bertramdavis7120]

Being a Blackman in this country, I have pain and hatred for white America! I have no energy to forgive at this time in my life, but I hope one day I may! I was molested by a white man when I was 8! A friend was hung and castrated 37 years ago an countless other reasons! Thank you Mr.Coates for shining light on so many issues.

[@bertramdavis7120]

@MARK PERRY Sounds like you have issues with cognitive dissonance!

[@soldierofthemosthigh2101]

@MARK PERRY Wow that's an amazing statement; all he did was state his feelings. There are no " racist actions" to be a racist you must have the power to execute a racist act which so called Black people don't have. Thus black folk can't be racist because we don't have the power to execute it. Now it also amazing that people are so quick to tell black folk to forgive and forget when America never forgave the Taliban ban for their actions. Instead went on to spend trillions to get revenge. The black rage is justified as to this day we're still captivity and oppressed; unequal wages, last hired first fired, police brutality, and unequal justice under the law.

[@bertramdavis7120]

@MARK PERRY I believe it is impossible for a Black to be a racist, we have no power to hold anything from you, as your people continue to demonstrate toward everyone that is not white!

[@eastside313yahdig.2]

Soldier Of The Most High you have to keep in mind our people are dealing with soulless people with no moral compass. They have no nothing.

[@yosh6278]

@MARK PERRY the idea of race was created by whites. there is no category for race in scientific literature. you cannot look at america without looking at her systemic racism, because it she created it!

[@TheBlackParty]

I'm SOOOO happy when she tried to switch the conversation the immigrant families he brought it right back to the TOPIC of discussion. Thank You for that Sir.

[@cyberrock9018]

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[@TheBlackParty]

@@cyberrock9018 why did you put this link here?

[@cyberrock9018]

@@TheBlackParty to show that democrats are full of shit

[@cyberrock9018]

@Yahudah Israelite Latoya you know thats cap

[@ashburnconnecttv7860]

Some people always try to compare DARN ILLEGAL ALIENS with black people America enslaved, which is like night and day!!!

[@windwalker1313]

This interviewer is really good. Her questions and timing were really thoughtful.

[@wildlightarts]

I love how real and authentic Coates is, Wasnt he also an Author after being a Blogger before becoming a Novelist. He’s so honest, graceful and clear as day about discussing some of the most challenging things, removing blinders everywhere. I’m learning so much from him. His humble presence has its own deep power, like he’s talking to friends so conversationally but about the most difficult shadows in our collective history.

[@larrygalbreath]

You`re absolutely correct. A person can`t talk about those heavy things as effortlessly as he does without having thought about and discussed them with someone. I`ll bet his wife deserves a lot of credit for his success. What do you think?

[@originalmindset5278]

Wow. What a Powerful interview. Heartbreaking, to say the least, how our people and families were destroyed and separated from each other, while being enslaved and tortured at the hands 🤚of this nation, we now call HOME. UNFATHOMABLE.

[@trillfaldon9983]

" You must be a really really bad damn businessman doing business with no labour costs and yet die in debt" : Author, Novelist and history journalist Nehisi Coates on Thomas Jefferson's bad business ethics

[@quietatse]

What did he say that was incorrect?

[@MrMannface]

Is how the interviewer tryed working in immigration by breaking up the family. Their plight can't be compared to the African American experience.

[@sunflowerpower642]

HE IS SO IMPORTANT.

[@empresserica]

Very much so

[@youx457]

" Ab$o-loot-ly "

[@cinnamonstar808]

no he is not. THIS IS FAKE WOKE.

[@michaelscurlock5371]

And so are you! Respect💯

[@chosenfew8182]

@cinnamonstar808 Please explain?

[@patriceriddick7986]

Can we stick to the topic of enslaved people without including other groups geez

[@KH-jf8ps]

There is a NEED for free university education for qualified descendants of the enslaved in America.

[@michaelwilliams6431]

What do you mean? Was "African Americans" the only slaves to your knowledge?

[@patriceriddick7986]

@@michaelwilliams6431 The only that i really care about!!!! We've carried too many people for far too long. #Black 1st

[@michaelwilliams6431]

@@patriceriddick7986 but what is "black"? And what is an "African American"?

[@quietatse]

If we do that, how are the white supremacists going to absolve themselves off their human crimes and blame the victim?

[@kuongjah7]

"Maybe it's worth being respectful & just calling people what they ask for, and maybe you'll catch up a little later. Maybe it takes a second."

[@HMSkillBuilders]

Every history teacher in America should read and reference this book.

[@larrygalbreath]

That book will surely be OUTLAWED in Florida. 😂

[@ladonnawashington1643]

“Admit that you did and pay us back”.

[@cyberrock9018]

This dumb ass is supporting DEMOCRATS WHO SLAVED BLACK PEOPLE AND PASSED JIM CROW LAWS!!!!!! what is this idiot doing jeez they are killing our black babies and this man actually think democrats are on his side and that republicans are racist he supported Hillary which her mentor was a KKK DRAGON!!!

[@dencyleadbetter2494]

who is denying it?

[@seekingtruthonly.4299]

@@ravekingbitchmaster3205 So if they kill you and take everything, then write history books that say they are superior like white society does, that would be better?

[@ravekingbitchmaster3205]

Seeking truth only. Do you live in a parallel universe? Seriously? You sound mad!

[@rogue-ish5713]

@@ravekingbitchmaster3205 Debt is owed. Not free shit. Just returning stolen property.

[@isdowning883]

You have to be a really bad businessperson to have zero labor costs and die in debt. Genius.

[@DJ71867]

Thank you for keeping in real. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ireneroyal6680]

thank you! why cant we say whats accurate "enslaved". saying we were slaves would determine our state of being, who we are...AND SLAVES IS NOT WHO WE WERE OR ARE!

[@sakhidevi6444]

Amazing interview

[@empresserica]

Yes!

[@manueladasilva6748]

You can become a millionaire in about 5 years. Stop making excuses cuz you have a weak spirit

[@missmaliamarie]

He has a new fan, a new follower of his work! I don't know where I've been all this time!

[@drjs2431]

No worries, you can catch up. Just go straight to the people he listens to - Antonio Moore and Yvette Carnell. If it wasn't for these two, Coates would not be talking about reparations. Good luck!

[@sunkissedblessedbronzed5963]

He provides truth in the perspective that our ancestors were people who where kidnapped, tortured and enslaved ... definitely humanizes the experience of our peoples and should not be titled as “the slaves” who they were as a people. Vs “the enslaved” what happened to our people. However, The statement he the author made that lost me was his quote “If the depiction of the slave master is too evil it’s not believable “???? That seems to be a consistent problem with our people in general. As a people “African descendants of the enslaved“ We need to come to terms with the fact that every race of people do not think like us. Everyone is not capable of humane behavior. Those people have demonstrated time and time again from generation to generation, they are incapable of compassion unless it’s towards their beloved and pampered dogs 🐕 . The moment we understand and accept that is the nature this beast and his beastly woman as well ( “she devils “ do not get a pass either “Brothers”), we will be able to see those devils for who they really are and circle the wagons and strategize accordingly! This is critical to acknowledge and prepare for our futures. Black peoples, please Take your heads out of the sand and wake up to the enemies of our lives for centuries and their consistent and constant destructive behavior of violence towards us!

[@cujoemblakka1041]

They were Africans in the Caribbean before 1619, want to taken there it will be given to them. Just be prepared.

[@etxsports5836]

God's people were circumcised without all the piercings, but having your own lands without a strong military is pointless and just asking for another Tulsa Oklahoma "Black Wallstreet" or Wilmington North Carolina of the 1890'S to happen all over again, you lose a war you become slaves, the women get raped and your children taken...the few that came across was sold by their enemies tribes in western African Countries...some other few were tricked into coming across the dangerous Atlantic seas for the promises, but most were just taken from Florida, Caribbeans, Columbia North and South America, to Virginia, Carolina's ...and free land was given to foreigners to come settle the lands... U.K./France took North America and Spain's Conquistadors like Cortez slaughtered and took South America...There's Pyramids in the Americas also oil and gold

[@angelyfranco1856]

Ok you and him are right to some extent.I didn’t even watch it because I automatically thought it was bs ,but definitely since I’m Latino and some African us minority’s definitely need to wake up but we are slaves still think about it we are literally in a Technology Revolution! Full climate crises ! The president is getting impeached because he doesn’t know how to be president because he wants the 5g 6g technology ASAP when it’s to spy and kill us and take our freedoms away therefore we are slaves ! Wake up man do your research some news is actually real you have to connect the dots we’ve been lied to our whole lives data is the new gold and the dollar is almost not going to exist no more paper money because that’s the ultimate way to track transactions! Clearly you don’t know what your saying and also we are in a trade war wich I can explain but I don’t feel like it because people like you make me feel that we are doomed because we are so ignorant as human being and we actually believe what we see with our eyes and stuff in that nature and JUDGE but don’t connect dots n research.

[@etxsports5836]

"Prejudice" Partiality is a sin, many races will burn in Hell for it JAMES 2:9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgessors. James 2:4 Have you not shown partiality amongst yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?. racists will always be prejudice, the sooner that's learned, the better.

[@ashburnconnecttv7860]

REMEMBER: What goes around comes around! Paul the Apostle writes: “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” LMFAO

[@edwinrodgers8994]

Why wasn't Dr. Claude Anderson present at the congressional hearings for reparations back in June? I think he would have been a strong ally in honing in the argument as to why African-american should be paid reparations. He broke this all down in excellent detail back in 2000 before the congressional black caucus. The video is posted on Dr. Claude Anderson's youtube page and is a must watch for anyone who has not seen it.

[@person-xd3wb]

ADOS proponents Dr. William Darity, Yvette Carnell, and Antonio Moore weren't there either. Only those chosen by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

[@edwinrodgers8994]

@@person-xd3wb Wow...I smell deception yet again! Lol

[@edwinrodgers8994]

@@person-xd3wb Deliberately done this way of course to lessen the strength of the arguments. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@AssanRaelian]

Excellent video 👋🏿

[@joanwilson4602]

Genius thinking, we were not slaves as we were labeled, we were ENSLAVED love it!!

[@joelwillis2043]

you were enslaved? wow that is socking

[@billmarshall268]

Where were you and slaved at?

[@jeffersonjean-baptiste4446]

Amazing dialogue, thank you, really needed to hear that.

[@offkeylock]

"google Zeitgeist" is that not an oxymoron.

[@willieboyland3180]

The Negro Question series by Lee Cummings clears all this up...

[@thomanderson7981]

Today, we're wage slaves. When u go to work for an employer u give up your freedom for a paycheck. U have no say in the company u work for.

[@thomanderson7981]

@Carla D. Live free or die. Harriet had a choice & choose freedom. Others she tried to free had a choice but preferred to stay in slavery, raped & abused! You always have a choice. Choose wisely.

[@cgt2816]

@@thomanderson7981 Troll 📢

[@shoshanasmith7590]

Thom Anderson has any of your employers ever kidnapped you or your children or friends children and sold them to other bussiness men and raped your wife or girlfriend to pay off the companies debt. If this has happened then you need to resign and open up your own bussiness. There's a difference between low wages and free labor. Free Labor from enslaved Africans gave United States generational wealth for decades and centuries which benifits the oppressors and their families. 🤷🏾🤦🏾✌🏾

[@SNAB1987]

Two words, “My man”.

[@prometheusall6804]

Great . . . . discussion

[@donnybrasco6321]

Powerful and essential clarification. Often, ignorance is racist. Love and gratitude, Mr. Coates.

[@tyronebrezell2035]

Information is power

[@babycakes2077]

Love this dude! Our new Cornell! ✊🏾

[@colemanjackson8694]

Great man

[@xXphrenzyXx]

When i saw the audience i cracked up because of course thats why there were so many interruptions lol

[@youx457]

Stay On These Devils ( They Know Whom They Are ) Coates ... Stay Up In They #ss Humanity Hangs In The Balance .

[@ashburnconnecttv7860]

REMEMBER: What goes around comes around! Paul the Apostle writes: “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” LMFAO

[@kurtcobainpizza5606]

Coates is a cultural appropriating fool. He reminds me of the in living color prison inmate.

[@gmsinthetruthorlando5712]

REVELATION 13:10 HE THAT LEADETH INTO CAPTIVITY ,SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY : HE THAT KILLETH WITH THE SWORD MUST BE KILLED WITH THE SWORD , HERE IS THE PATIENCE AND THE FAITH OF THE SAINTS

[@ecantu2600]

I don’t buy the argument. If I label someone a “farmer” rather than a “person who farms,” I’m not reducing their entire being to being a farmer such that I’m not recognizing that the farmer is a full human being with thoughts, feelings, and lived experiences. The reason why the word “slave” is so powerful is precisely because we all recognize that there’s a full human being behind the term. The word “slave” already incorporates the humanity of the slave-powerfully so. We all know this. In other words, the only difference between “slave” and “enslaved person” is that, in the latter, we’re reminding listeners of what is already obvious: that the slave was a person.

[@etcetera3282]

I love the interviewer. Fascinating job! No question about Mr. Ta-Nahesi Coates.

[@shill1444]

He ain't lying. I went from Rakim to George Lucas to Charles Bukowski. That's the gift of influence and knowledge. Edutainment for real. Lol

[@abeltootlejr.300]

Brilliantly told, conceptually elegant! Now let's MAKE IT HAPPEN! REPARATIONS NOW!!!

[@ashburnconnecttv7860]

"CUT the CHECK!!!"

[@kimc5390]

If they gave black people reparations the American dollar would collapse because anything that we hold it looses value

[@abeltootlejr.300]

@@kimc5390 I beg to differ. We are God's anointed people. We are fighting for payment of the BILL! Reparations is a BILL. Per the HOLY SCRIPTURES "they" can pay it or face the consequences in the fullness of time, which is NOW!

[@ohhitisjustme]

Abel Tootle, Jr. It’s bigger than money, it’s bigger than cutting a check! I understand what he’s saying, but slavery wasn’t what we were taught. We have to stop calling ourselves black or African Americans, we are indigenous

[@airdrummond241]

So as a white man who's great grandmother was a slave, do I get reparations? Who decides who is black enough to get them? What about black people that make far above the average wage? Or poor black families that can't tie their lineage back to slavery? Not that I am against the idea, just noting that the execution is very close to impossible.

[@jujubee90275]

Beautiful brother . Thank you 💜💜💜 I will be getting your book

[@fouadenglish2010]

Before Toni Morrison (when asked about influences), Ta-Nehisi mentions a novelist as one great influence. I am not a native speaker. Please help me spell out that novelist's name. My respects to Ta-Nehesi. You really touched me deeper... the way you changed the vocabulary: the tasked and the quality... mind shattering.... love it.

[@fouadenglish2010]

@eys292 thank you eys292. I can't thank you enough.

[@fouadenglish2010]

@eys292 thank you eys292. I can't thank you enough.

[@fouadenglish2010]

@eys292Itruly cannot thank you enough! I've just checked Doctorow's Wikipedia entry and I just wonder how i havent heard of him before. Once more thank you

[@AgyeiwaaAfrica]

Do you know that Ghana is Offering FREE LAND to Black Diasporans, Check it out kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHexpp1ugryhf9U it is true and real as part of Year of Return.

[@emperortobefearedblackmili5130]

Ya Nehisi getting in shape now that’s a real leader

[@ayseg253]

Brilliant

[@wen2096]

We were Prisoners of War,and we all didn't come from Africa, Says Dane Calloway

[@clydebermingham121]

From Frederick Douglass to Ta-Nehisi Coates ... (in terms of American Writers )... Certainly Ta-Nehisi is a relevant Prophet of these times .. (a Most Significantly RELEVANT COMMUNICATOR of our present day ...) To use the ‘folly’ of prophecy to bring forth to the forefront of awareness what should be OBVIOUS (hence ‘folly’ of prophecy ... To Prophecy - means ‘To Preach ‘ ...) To communicate out right ... what aught to be obvious ... That is the significance of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT... Communicated right out ... An OUTCRY .... An ALERT 🚨 to Significance that needs to, and even DEMANDS to be noticed & EMPHASIZED !🙏🏽 Hearing this young brother is very encouraging to me ... Whatever produced &/or nurtured &/or nourished such a mind .... It is HEROICS TO THE RESCUE ... It is a SAVIOR issuing SALVATION ... “Guard well the avenues of the Heart (&/of Mind) for there flows all the issues of life.- Proverbs The assaults of & on the minds of those victimized by those who enslaved them . The worst brutalities are PSYCHOLOGICAL & SOCIAL It is so fitting a subject matter to address the aspects of terminologies ... ENSLAVED .... Enslaved SOULS ... Enslaved HUMAN BEINGS .... Enslaved PERSONS Enslaved CHILD OF GOD Enslaved members of SOULS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD “Let us create Man in OUR IMAGE..,” (How much of Darwinism was RACISM...&/or RACIST ) Words do heal ... just as much as the do harm and bring injury to a life ... “For who shall call his brother a fool shall be in danger of hell’s fire 🔥...” But how much more , calling him INSIGNIFICANT SLAVE & (‘N... WORD’ ) ‘N’ Word - NONE SIGNIFICANT ENTITY A Man is a Soul Created in the Image of GOD ... by GOD A Royals Personage .... The Human Race was meant to be a DIVINE ROYAL RACE of Soul dedicated to the Highest Service of The LOVE of The CREATOR towards All HIS Creation 🙏🏽 But Brutal Bigotry has brought the nature of Man to the Nature worst than Brutal Beast ... (a Savage Brutal Beast devours what it consumes for a moment .... But what do we call the nature of brutality that becomes so SYSTEMATIC in INSTITUTIONALIZED ‘ETIQUETTE’ of DEMIZE towards members of the DIVINELY ROYAL RACE

[@BlindMellowJellyInc]

I celebrate this young mans efforts and determination. Being from the midwest I was given a job in his hometown and thought, this is the most depressing city I have ever been in. He has done well and that is awesome

[@giaomgia1779]

I want to be paid for our ''out of Africa'' trip, also I want some land in Africa, half of Johannesburg will do, thanks. Also a small town in Turkey for enslaving my nation and a small island in Greece for enslaving my nation, also houses all over Europe for the Roman Empire enslaving my people. That will do, thank you, thanks a lot, so kind!

[@SamsonBiggz]

Love Ta-Nehisi Coats! Can't wait to read his book "The Water Dancer"

[@godricthemutant]

Lord knows I love his mind, he's a vessel and doing the GOOD work. I pray for his life, family & gift that it only continues to GIVE.

[@user-wn8mc1yc1g]

Godric Grantham you know he’s not a Christian Right - he doesn’t believe in anything

[@sherijones449]

J What does that have do with his intelligence??

[@cyberrock9018]

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[@sailorforlifebestti3366]

Such a brilliant mind.

[@desert-rose1070]

Well said sir 👏👏👍💞

[@KiDn0cuDi]

What's the name of his book?

[@cecilepovich3861]

One of the most brilliant in our time.

[@drjs2431]

Agreed. Right along with Antonio Moore and Yvette Carnell

[@BoTheJo]

dang why is Coates everywhere in my rec now? is it bc of the Superman movie thing?

[@jenniferhizzy6591]

Love this guy

[@drjs2431]

And you'll love Antonio Moore and Yvette Carnell even more!

[@curtispope2874]

This sob fuck u

[@ialv88]

Somebody will say the same about our generation, years from now.

[@kendricjonrs8581]

Just as importantly necessary to address; is the description (master) is unfortunately still spoken in POLITE CONVERSATION when describing ENSLAVERS.

[@neeuqamilam1170]

I like how he slighted the colonizers whom she stated were his influences in writing his book then he named his influences: Tony Morrison & Frederick Douglass and he paid them homage at the same time.❤✌🏾👊🏾

[@d-247infantry9]

Exactly. Ive been saying this for years but seems like people only listen when it's on KZbin smh digital age i swear

[@CherylMarch]

As an #ADOS, I personally would never consider spending money to tour neither USA plantations and their gift shops or any of the castles on the continent of Africa-which housed my enslaved ancestors awaiting their shipment to the Americas as SLAVES. I view it as an insult & sacrilege to my ancestors to charge their descendants to tour their torture grounds. Period. Plantations received our ancestors free labor & now they want their descendants to support plantation businesses. Pitiful!

[@shane-o-matic]

“It always happened like this. This is what I had been told. Bored whites were barbarian whites. While they played at aristocrats, we were their well appointed and stoic attendants. But when they tired of dignity, the bottom fell out. New games were anointed and we were but pieces on the board. It was terrifying. There was no limit to what they might do at this end of the tether...” Excerpt from The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

[@aarich119]

😮 #deeeeep

[@CedRockStarr]

#LifeStarr: spitting hot 🔥🔥🔥

[@gee2026]

Reparations: if your family lineage has been here for 150+ years and its verifiable your ancestors were in fact slaves - No income tax - Free college tuition - No property tax That might help out some people 🍻

[@lulu-bp5qv]

No give me cash

[@carlospaige4589]

Amnesia is not what they do,they don't forget, they change the story, in order to change it you remember just fine ,you just alter the parts you don't agree with.

[@578sundriedAZ]

Yes that is true. One example, land parcel documents which were falsified for unlawful purposes. They allowed themselves and immigrants to 'STEP' on a lot and "claim" it as their own.

[@loributler127]

That's right they keep changing the narrative to suit their lies and deceit..

[@gggg-mz2gk]

"They were not human to me. Black, white, or whatever, they were the menaces of nature"- Black supremacist Ta-Nehisi Coates talking about 9/11 first responders

[@paulcastillo953]

True, our ancestors weren't slaves, they were enslaved.

[@teemadarif8243]

I am ready to move on to the bigger realm of things that happened . It's still not an open dialogue to speak on . It's still closed shut by the Government. The story is told in such a fragmented way. There were so many stories because it applied to so many people from various places and directions . There has to be some sort of atonement .

[@katlimoagi]

SEMANTICS!

[@vanessastaine-pyne8628]

Tranfer of wealth to whites is a good way of phraising it and what needs to be done is a withdrawal of those funds and given back to their rightful owners which is the the community that have been torn apart and held back for the whites weath health and comfort. Those who think it's a victom mentality should try and see it in the way that if you have a bank acct and the bank stold 20% of your money that you worked for and were ugeting for the well being and wealth of your family. You would dam sure raise hell about your money. You would not say oh well that happened yesterday and I shouldn't see myswlf as a victom of a crime.

[@ThaSound]

Digs this Cat. Kinda reminds me of Evers!

[@DonaldG-qq4ol]

I hope the word chattel was mentioned

[@olugbengajaiyesimi113]

I quit using the word 'SLAVES' some years back exchanging it for enslaved peoples. Happy to meet a like minded .

[@robertalexander2478]

This is not our first slavery.

[@9thCavalryDet]

I've always used the term Kidnapped Africans which is what the hell it was... Facts... Truth

[@larrygalbreath]

He didn`t lie, nor did he exaggerate. His insights were keen, and he expressed them vividly, directly and truthfully, despite the fact that he was speaking to an almost entirely white audience. I learned some important things.

[@clydebermingham121]

Words Matter .... Terminologies Matter ..... and The Pen is still Mightier then The Sword 🙏🏽👍🏾 AMEN 🙏🏽!

[@elmersbalm5219]

Thanks for this. Coates exudes wisdom. That said, the same thing is still going on in South America. To wit the coup in Bolivia where the indigenous majority has again been disenfranchised by US colonial interests and their wealthy tools in the country. What is Google doing about that? How far can public discourse be pushed in this regard becase national interest seems to go right against the spirit of this talk.

[@lebredamcelroy832]

NEVER NEVER GOING TO FORGET .NO ONE FOR GOT WHAT HAPPEN TO THEM 💯 HELL *TO THE *HELL NO!!!🧟‍♀️🙏🏾👈🏽😏*

[@ogyaherd9667]

WOW.....

[@creedlang419]

Damn i thought the brotha was wee bey in the thumbnail

[@maiyenish8552]

15:00 separating children from guardians often occurs in the U.S. with U.S. citizens.... when parents are incarcerated ! Why should immigrants who go through a non-legal process have a better situation compared with U.S. citizens?

[@KPITGangsta]

It’s due to their voting policies since most vote in favor of conservative ideals and views. A significant numbered them also reclassify as White too.

[@kaydenpat]

He’s such a powerful speaker. White people are still defending the Confederacy so slavery will never be a topic that gets old. It’s always relevant.

[@godricthemutant]

God Bless Him.

[@fungames1594]

Wow

[@cujoemblakka1041]

There will be a pray day, " recompense I will repay ", says the Lord, he's the ultimate negotiator. Slave / enslaved / force free labor, they will be enslaved, for God said so. Killing us will make their time that much difficult, a thousand years.

[@alit4591]

Been saying that for years, our people was not slaves but enslaved by force with guns that only European was privy to.

[@78binks]

Who's the guy doing the interview? She sure is handsome!

[@TexasBread]

The problem is How do you give back to a color? When dealing with a complex system wording when asking is everything.

[@drjs2431]

Go listen to Antonio Moore and Yvette Carnell. There you'll find your answer.

[@b.marieglasgow7680]

It may be "a color" that your mind reduces a people to, but the ongoing, measurable inequity is enough of a marker through time to identify the wronged party. The more the disparity grows, the less subtle and complex becomes the solution.

[@sparklesinblue5120]

I think he is doing a good job of taking the power out of the word slave...but our ancestors where slaves they had no rights..no identity...when you are enslaved your just forced to do things you dont want to but you still know who you are...

[@gmsinthetruthorlando5712]

GALATIANS 6:7 BE NOT DECEIVED GOD IS NOT MOCKED FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP

[@johnnytorres398]

let us be realistic,...Once you are enslaved........You become a slave!...... Both terms are not incorrect. they are synonymous. It is all how we wish to phrase it.........When your mind is truly free, it doesn't really matter what phrase you wish to use.......

[@moffit1]

Really need to start screen shotting my comments because apparently my family's struggle isn't as bad as yours I guess?

[@JamesWalker-em4eo]

In the words of Dane Calloway we were not slaves but prisoners of war! I am not one who considers himself Black or African American but Indigenous Aboriginal American and that the majority of my people were already here.

[@gmsinthetruthorlando5712]

DEUTERONOMY 28:48 THEREFORE SHALT THOU SERVE THINE ENEMIES WHICH THE LORD SHALL SEND AGAINST THEE , IN HUNGER ,AND IN THIRST , AND IN NAKEDNESS ,AND IN THE WANT OF ALL THINGS : AND HE SHALL PUT A YOKE OF IRON UPON THY NECK , UNTIL HE HAVE DESTROYED THEE

[@kieththornton5332]

See Dane Calaway Videos for more information research strong and long and asks many questions about every thing with constant cross reference.

[@mikaeels.6477]

Well said about black families sir.

[@tijan8948]

I never knew The Atlantic was a blog! Smh

[@tyronerowesr2858]

No REPARATION NO VOTE, # ADOS THE BLACK VETERAN SC.

[@AlexRides808]

Don't tell me me you're willing to fall for that lie.

[@paulas8117]

People who were never slaves shouldn’t be given money. But I do support a “universal basic income” supported by Martin Luther King and Andrew Yang. It would be more easier implemented than waiting for reparations and having to go through the court system. Also a UBI would greatly helped the black community.

[@donnab.333]

Wrong. People who were never holocaust survivors still receive reparations; native american descendants still receive reparations, etc. from the US gov't; & the list goes on to other groups who have received financial compensations from being harmed by this US government. UBI helps no one.

[@ltraingalaxy122]

I’m so tired of people comparing immigration to slavery