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Ta-Nehisi Coates Talks Arts, Reparations At Glimmerglass

Ta-Nehisi Coates Talks Arts, Reparations At Glimmerglass By JENNIFER HILL • Special to AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Described as “the greatest essayist on race in America since James Baldwin,” Ta-Nehisi Coates did not mince words as he replied to pre-submitted questions read aloud by moderator Teresa Miller, SUNY system’s chief diversity officer, at The Glimmerglass Festival’s Alice Busch Opera Theater yesterday. “A majority of Americans have deeply misunderstood how deep white supremacy runs in America,” he told the packed theater.  “We…