It's one thing to criticize Coates on intellectual grounds, it is another to try to go after him as if he is the enemy.
The only black people who really seem to be offended by Coates seem to be people who think Coates isn't extreme enough?! Or that some white people like him? Or that he is...a writer?! I don't know - these people seem very illogical. I mean, the dude was raised by black panther parents, went to Howard (dropped out) and writes about how white people objectively, factually, and historically oppressed black people...but he is the enemy? Take a look at this bio and tell me that this is the white man's ally:
"Coates was born in
Baltimore,
Maryland. His father, William Paul "Paul" Coates,
[9] was a
Vietnam War veteran, former
Black Panther, publisher and librarian. His mother, Cheryl Lynn (Waters), was a teacher.
[10][11] Coates' father founded and ran
Black Classic Press, a publisher specializing in African-American titles. The Press grew out of a
grassroots organization, the
George Jackson Prison Movement (GJPM). Initially the GJPM operated a Black book store called the Black Book. Later Black Classic Press was established with a table-top printing press in the basement of the Coates family home.
[2][12]"
Are these brehs jealous that he became famous for his hard work? Do they not understand that he is a writer and not a god? Coates isn't saying he's a god - a perfect Kanye-like person like Cornell West. When people ask him questions in interviews and he doesn't know the answer he says "I don't know. I really don't know." He encourages other people to think for themselves and to write from their lives.I'm glad Coates deleted his twitter. Why waste your time talking to idiots?
