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The Gatekeepers

by Harper’s Magazine,

Unknown knowns: the limits of racial discourse in a system almost exclusively controlled by white people

The Gatekeepers

by Mychal Denzel Smith,

On the burden of the black public intellectual

Choosing Words

by Osita Nwanevu,

"There is this idea that writing beautifully or writing powerfully is somehow separate from clear thinking," says Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of Between the World and Me. "It’s not."

Lifting as We Climb

by Randall Kennedy,

A progressive defense of respectability politics

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The Gatekeepers

The Gatekeepers

Choosing Words

Lifting as We Climb

October 2015

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