I’m all for unifying. I’m all for bridging gaps. But not at the expense of my neighbor’s humanity.

– Ta-Nehisi Coates, Klein, E. (2025, September 28). Ezra Klein podcast: Ta-Nehisi Coates [Opinion]. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-ta-nehisi-coates.html “Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines”