The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates was harshly critical of my response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. In an article in Vanity Fair, he suggested I was whitewashing Kirk’s legacy, comparing it to the whitewashing of the Southern cause after the Civil War.So I wanted to have Coates on the show to talk out our disagreement, as well as some deeper questions that I think exist underneath it about the work of politics.What should the left do about the fact that so many Americans share Kirk’s views? What kinds of disagreements should we try to bridge? When is that work moral and necessary, and when is it a betrayal?This episode contains strong language.Mentioned:“<a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/charlie-kirk-ezra-klein-tanehisi-coates?srsltid=AfmBOoq4ZoLGapWcQW5Db-ticP303qsdPhhT1Nj7OgP5uVvaQqzgfXgr" target="_blank">Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause</a>” by Ta-Nehisi Coates<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/220290/between-the-world-and-me-by-ta-nehisi-coates/">Between the World and Me</a> by Ta-Nehisi Coates“<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/my-president-was-black/508793/" target="_blank">My President Was Black</a>” by Ta-Nehisi CoatesBook Recommendations:<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250053121/thebrothersjohnfosterdullesallendullesandtheirsecretworldwar/" target="_blank">The Brothers</a> by Stephen Kinzer<a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674008199" target="_blank">Race and Reunion</a> by David W. Blight<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/719661/the-sirens-call-by-chris-hayes/" target="_blank">The Sirens’ Call</a> by Chris HayesThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/column/ezra-klein-podcast" target="_blank">nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast</a>. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html</a>This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Rollin Hu. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Mary Marge Locker. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Aman Sahota. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show’s production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Kristin Lin, Jack McCordick, Marina King and Jan Kobal. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. Transcript editing by Sarah Murphy. The director of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser.
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