Ta-Nehisi Coates on what made him change his position on reparations

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Katie Halper

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🗓️ 2 November 2015

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Please support The Katie Halper Show so we can stay on air. Donate as little as $5 http://www.give2wbai.org/category_s/1830.htm or if you donate $120, you get a copy of Ta-Nehisi Coates' book Between the World and Me. http://www.give2wbai.org/product_p/nb0096.htm We were soooo excited to have Ta-Nehisi Coates come on the show. During the episode, the Atlantic correspondent, author of "Between the World and Me," and the recipient of the MacCarther Genius Grant discusses the difference between racism in the United States and Europe, why he dislikes being called a genius, what it felt like when Toni Morrison compared him to James Baldwin, what changed his mind on reparations and the one statistic that crystalizes the need for race-based and not merely class-based solutions. Please subscribe to The Katie Halper Show on Itunes and rate us and review us! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-katie-halper-show/id1020563127?mt=2

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0:12.9	Hello and welcome to the Katie helper show. Thanks so much for listening. We're so excited to have acclaimed journalist and writer
0:16.2	Tanahasi Coates with us.
0:17.9	Coates is a national correspondent for the Atlantic.
0:20.8	In 2008, he wrote the beautiful struggle, A Father, Two Sons, and an
0:24.7	unlikely road to manhood. His second book between The World and Me was released in
0:28.8	2015 has been hailed as required reading by Tony Morrison and earned him a MacArthur Genius Grant.
0:36.0	Now you will definitely want to read this book between the World and May, and you cannot only
0:40.0	get a copy of this book but support the Katie Halper show by making a donation.
0:44.3	For $120 you get between the world and me. An even better deal is if you pledge
0:48.9	$150 you'll get between the world and me by Tanahasi Coates, but you'll also get
0:53.7	Johann Hari's book Chasing the Scream The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs.
0:58.4	We're going to be bringing you an interview with Johann Hari in November 4th and
1:02.3	just so you know a little bit about Johann Hari's book
1:04.8	and how great it is.
1:05.6	Glenn Greenwall called it The Perfect Antidote
1:08.0	to the War on Drugs.
1:09.5	Bill Maher called it a terrific book.
1:11.4	Naomi Klein called it superb journalism and thrilling
1:14.7	storytelling. Noam Chomsky called it wonderful. I couldn't put it down. Amy
1:18.6	Goodman called it an astounding book. Just call 212, 209, 2950.
1:24.0	212 2009.
1:26.0	And all you have to do when you call is you say you're giving a donation to support the Katie
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