Ta-Nehisi CoatesVerified account

.@tanehisicoates who is it who said: privilege is the luxury of believing the lies you tell are truth

@tanehisicoates @jason_pontin Lack of meaningful feedback indeed is a long-term burden, though near-term 'benefits'

@tanehisicoates @Limerick1914 Baldwin- If I am not what I’ve been told I am, then it means that you’re not what you thought you were either

@tanehisicoates It means existing in a zone of dystopian hyperreality and not having to account for what's happening because of ignorance.

“@tanehisicoates: the burden of whiteness is this: You can live in the world of myth and be taken seriously.”

@tanehisicoates @bethcodes growing in South Africa in the 80's I know exactly what you mean.

@tanehisicoates (Don't pity me, but) it is very jarring when you learn, as a white person, that you live in myth. You helped me discover so

@tanehisicoates I don't know if this is exclusively the burden of whiteness. Ask brother Cornel.

“@tanehisicoates: It was really important. But the burden of whiteness is this: You can live in the world of myth and be taken seriously.”

@tanehisicoates The Tanehisi theory that white privilege accelerates the Dunning-Kruger effect. It stings.

@tanehisicoates anyone could say that about anyone they disagree with. Meaningless.

@tanehisicoates OMG yes!

RT @tanehisicoates: It was really important. But the burden of whiteness is this: You can live in the world of myth and be taken seriously.

MT: Truth! @tanehisicoates: "But the burden of whiteness is this: You can live in the world of myth and be taken seriously.”