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TGS Live: Ta-Nehisi Coates's Smug Rejection of Black Agency

Oct 10, 2025 · 1h 4m
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  • Glenn Loury critiques Ta-Nehisi Coates's characterization of Charlie Kirk as a hate monger, finding his moral hectoring approach unconvincing and smug
  • Loury challenges Coates's vision of African American history as a struggle against timeless white supremacy, arguing it deserves critical examination
  • Loury suggests Ezra Klein was inadequately prepared to debate Coates on these substantive disagreements about black agency and historical narrative

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