today, when 8 percent of the world's prisoners are black

today, when 8 percent of the world's prisoners are black men, our bodies have refinanced the Dream of being white. Black life is cheap, but in America black bodies are a natural resource of incomparable value.

📖 Ta-Nehisi Coates

🌍 American | 👨‍💼 Journalist

🎂 September 30, 1975

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