McWhorter: Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Myth of Black Fragility

Of note (McWhorter continues his contrarian views to mainstream discussion):

…That’s as it should be. Acting as though Black people can’t hold their own in a challenging discussion — as though they can’t speak up for themselves and therefore need others to speak up for them — isn’t antiracist, it’s demeaning. Blackness is not weakness. We need to stop coddling sane, self-sufficient Black people — like Coates — and move on.

Source: McWhorter: Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Myth of Black Fragility