An Open Letter to Ta-Nehisi Coates by Jason Hill

An Open Letter to Ta-Nehisi Coates by Jason Hill

I am saddened by your conviction that white people wield such a great deal of metaphysical power over the exercise of your own agency. In making an enemy of the Dream that is a constitutive feature of American identity, you have irrevocably alienated yourself from the redemptive hope, the inclusive unity, and the faith and charity that are necessary for America to move ever closer to achieving moral excellence. Sadder still, you have condemned the unyielding confidence in self that the Dream inspires.

This is probably the most well-reasoned defense of the American Dream I have ever read.