Ta-Nehisi Coates and Understanding Racial Disparity (Ep. 18)

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Ta-Nehisi Coates and Understanding Racial Disparity (Ep. 18)

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Oct 19, 2017

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Larry Wilmore chats with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates about his breakout success, peoples' disconnect in understanding racial disparity, the current state of race relations in the post-Obama era, and the continued case for reparations.

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Oct 19, 2017

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