On the “race writer”...trend?

So lately I’ve been reading Ta-Nehisi Coates’ new book, We Were Eight Years in Power, and it’s a great, critical reflection on the Obama years as told with post-Trump hindsight. (For a daily dose of TNC wisdom, I highly recommend his diamond-clear response from a book tour Q&A about the n-word and context).

But the book is also fascinating in how Coa…