Ta-Nehisi Coates Takes Out Jonathan Chait & Althouse

First came Rudy Giuliani, and now other whites, insisting a racist place taught them morality

"Property damage and looting impede social progress.”

- Jonathan Chait, pushing an ahistorical line, November 25, 2014 

The goal of most white writers, when it comes to race, is apparent

"This message — incarceration as racial oppression — has been cultivated by some who are dedicated to issues of racial justice. Those who are reacting to Ferguson by engaging in criminal violence are stepping on that message.”

- Ann Althouse, who won't open a book, November 26th, 2014

Whites, getting their two cents in: still more important than being informed

"Taken together, Property damage and looting have been the most effective tools of social progress for white people in America. It describes everything from enslavement to Jim Crow laws to lynching to red-lining.”

- Ta-Nehisi Coates, killing the two dodo birds with one stone, November 26th, 2014