Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses his testimony before a House panel on slavery reparations.
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"Those very polite relationships were premised on the fact that those people's deeply deplorable views actually disenfranchised an entire sector of the electorate."
— Ta-Nehisi Coates responds to comments by Sens. McConnell and Graham on reparations
Ta-Nehisi Coates responds to polls that show most Americans oppose paying reparations for slavery.