There were distinct advantages to black atheism, to a disbelief in dreams and moral appeal. First, it removed the weight of believing that "white people," en masse, were interested listeners. "White people," en masse, are not. They are-like any other people-mostly self-interested, which is why mass appeals to conscience, minus some compelling, existential threat, generally end in disappointment.
( Ta-Nehisi Coates )
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