Ta-Nehisi Coates Quote

In a recent New Yorker article, a former Russian military officer pointed out that Russian interference in the election could only succeed where necessary conditions and an existing background were present. In America that existing background was a persistent racism and the necessary condition was the symbolic threat of a black president. The two related factors hobbled America’s ability to safeguard its electoral system.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

In a recent New Yorker article, a former Russian military officer pointed out that Russian interference in the election could only succeed where necessary conditions and an existing background were present. In America that existing background was a persistent racism and the necessary condition was the symbolic threat of a black president. The two related factors hobbled America’s ability to safeguard its electoral system.

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