Ta-Nehisi Coates Schools John Kelly On History Of Civil War And ‘Compromise’

Echanges avec Ta-Nehisi Coates a l'occasion de la parution d'Une colere noire au Musee Dapper US writer (Baltimore) Ta-Nehisi Coates pictured during a press conference/URMAN_urman1518003/Credit:LIONEL URMAN/SIPA/1602... Echanges avec Ta-Nehisi Coates a l'occasion de la parution d'Une colere noire au Musee Dapper US writer (Baltimore) Ta-Nehisi Coates pictured during a press conference/URMAN_urman1518003/Credit:LIONEL URMAN/SIPA/1602141602 (Sipa via AP Images) MORE LESS
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After White House Chief of Staff John Kelly on Monday night said that the Civil War was the result of “the lack of an ability to compromise” and called Confederal Gen. Robert E. Lee an “honorable man,” author Ta-Nehisi Coates tore into Kelly on Twitter.

Coates (pictured above) argued that in the years leading up to the Civil War, as well as after the Civil War, American leaders made several compromises in an attempt to win over slave owners.

Coates also criticized Kelly for arguing that we should not apply today’s standards to the past and for calling Lee “honorable.”

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