Ta-Nehyisi Coates American Politics Summary

Throughout American history, black communities have been discriminated and incriminated due to the color of one’s skin. Ta-Nehisi Coates’ expresses his discontent with the proclamation of American independence and democracy through means of social media and other public platforms. Coates’ conveys American democracy as a biased, violent, and racist tactic used to distract audiences from the cruel uses of power. America is categorized as having the inability to take responsibility for its actions during times of civil or physical war. Coates’ describes America considers itself to be a glorious and exceptionalistic country when he writes, “America believes itself exceptional, the greatest and noblest nation to ever exist, a lone champion standing between the white city of democracy and the terrorists, despots, barbarians, and other enemies of civilization” (8). Coates’ displays America as a dangerous and violent country that tends to isolate their gory past with public displays of democracy that promotes white supremacy and success. Coates explains that throughout history, blacks have been tortured, sold, lynched, and used for the production of goods. America has chosen to avoid the portions of its past that is not favored. According to Coates’ the government covers it up with the proclamation of independence and use of physical documentation to clarify the country’s laws and beliefs. This isn’t America’s first act of violence towards civilians …show more content…
He conveys that the racism and violence towards blacks has never stopped and is basically illegal. I think American democracy should focus on accepting their actions and repaying the dues by being civil and equal at the very least. There is a lot of damage to repair in both the past and present and Coates’ hopes to teach that the government doesn’t control