Coates has a valuable message for white liberals in “Water Dancer”: engaging in politics is not a luxury but a necessity.
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The Underground Railway Returns
In Coates’s “Water Dancer,” we see the necessity of a reliable underground railway. We will need the same for red state women seeking abortions.
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The Deep Roots of U.S. Race Hatred
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Water Dancer” describes race dynamics in slave society that still operate today.
