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Monday, April 20, 2020

"Conduction" by Ta-Nehisi Coates As Political Allegory

Ever since I read "Conduction" by Ta-Nehisi Coates in The New Yorker of June 10 & 17 of 2019, I've been wondering if it should be viewed as political allegory, in this case a story set in the age of slavery illuminating current circumstances.

Allegory involves the representation of abstract ideas by a specific narrative.  In this instance, the idea in question is where should blacks look for betterment?