By Ta-Nehisi Coates — 2014
Four years ago, I opposed reparations. Here's the story of how my thinking has evolved since then.
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“You’re always communicating about race, whether you talk about it or not.”
A lack of support splits parents into warring factions. Here’s what could stop the fighting.
Even for a psychologist who studies how kids understand racism and violence, talking to her own children about it is difficult.
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The writer Ibram X. Kendi has been reading a lot of books to his five-year-old daughter, Imani. And when he chooses those books, he makes sure they include many kinds of people.
“I just didn’t want them to stress and not be afraid to go to school. The less they knew, the better it was.”
A recent poll found that the biggest issue for voters as the 2008 election approaches is not the Iraq war. It's an issue that leaders have not been focusing on: the well-being of America's children.