
Coates: ‘We made that decision’ to have mass incarceration
Clip: 10/14/2015 | 7m 34s
Ta-Nehisi Coates: ‘We made that decision’ to have mass incarceration
Ta-Nehisi Coates, newly named MacArthur fellow who has been shortlisted for the National Book Award, speaks to Gwen Ifill about his writings on the “gray waste” of mass incarceration and racial inequality, and why he makes the case for reparations for Black Americans.
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Coates: ‘We made that decision’ to have mass incarceration
Clip: 10/14/2015 | 7m 34s
Ta-Nehisi Coates, newly named MacArthur fellow who has been shortlisted for the National Book Award, speaks to Gwen Ifill about his writings on the “gray waste” of mass incarceration and racial inequality, and why he makes the case for reparations for Black Americans.
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