“There are plenty of African-Americans in this country - and I would sa...” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Quote

“There are plenty of African-Americans in this country - and I would say this goes right up to the White House - who are not by any means poor, but are very much afflicted by white supremacy.”

“The country in which reparations actually happen is a very different one than the one we live in.”

“Donald Trump begins his political career in birtherism. That idea is connected to a very, very old notion that African-Americans are not citizens.”

“Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) cannot be medicated. It is treatable only through therapy. The problem is therapy is rarely sought by the afflicted. It cannot be cured.”

“My heart hath often been deeply afflicted under a feeling that the standard of pure righteousness is not lifted up to the people by us, as a society, in that clearness which it might have been, had we been as faithful as we ought to be to the teachings of Christ.”

“'Take Me to the Alley' is about trying to uplift the lives of people who have been afflicted, maybe the homeless or somebody with an illness, or maybe they're refugees.”