My father was so very afraid. I felt it in the sting of his black leather belt, which he applied with more anxiety than anger, my father who beat me as if someone might steal me away, because that was exactly what was happening all around us. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Mini who’s who:

Ta-Nehisi Coates : American Journalist
Born: September 30, 1975