Keith Bardwell, Louisiana justice of the peace explaining why he refused to grant a marriage license to an interracial couple...
"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way,"
Of course Bardwell isn't a racist. There aren't any racists in America.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.