Ta-Nehisi Coates Quote

The thing is, a black man can’t be president in America, given the racial aversion and history that’s still out there, Cornell Belcher, a pollster for Obama, told the journalist Gwen Ifill after the 2008 election. However, an extraordinary, gifted, and talented young man who happens to be black can be president.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

The thing is, a black man can’t be president in America, given the racial aversion and history that’s still out there, Cornell Belcher, a pollster for Obama, told the journalist Gwen Ifill after the 2008 election. However, an extraordinary, gifted, and talented young man who happens to be black can be president.

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