thankfully it was early in the article i aint finish ha. but i thought the Atlantic reference was interesting/ironic given his thought similarities to Coates: 1. the way race (and specifically black race) permeates in (all?) aspects of america and 2. the common early leanings to black nationalism.

i started to think of what a present day Coates would do on the bench. maybe he'd say separate institutions were too impractical. though its not hard to believe his honor may have seen some wild shit comin up that may be framing the distinctions/solutions between their general agreement of the race constant.