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“the great privilege of great power is an incuriosity of those who lack it.” - great meditations on why we tell the stories we tell, how our experiences change the way we create those stories, and how struggles somewhere can find a mirror in struggles elsewhere. the section on palestine was excellent. coates’ eloquency and precision are such a gift
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Highly recommend the audiobook if that's accessible to you!
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completely captivating. if you’re turning to this to learn factual information about israeli occupation i would not recommend it— and neither would he (at least imo).
but if you’re interested in his perspective on the role of literature and storytelling in organizing, i doubt you could find a better book than this one.
but if you’re interested in his perspective on the role of literature and storytelling in organizing, i doubt you could find a better book than this one.
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Another beautiful and thought-provoking book by one of my favorite authors. Coates draws parallels between the Jim Crow South and the apartheid/eventual genocide in Palestine perpetuated by Israel, both systems of oppression driven by inhumanity.
I don’t understand why people are critiquing this book on the basis that it provides a “superficial” view of the issue and focuses too much on Coates’ personal narrative, when I don’t think the book ever claimed to do anything more. His experiences in occupied territories as he observes the systemic inequalities is relevant and important in its own right. He doesn’t claim to be telling anyone’s story - “If Palestinians are to be truly seen, it will be through stories woven by their own hands - not by their plunderers, not even by their comrades.”
I don’t understand why people are critiquing this book on the basis that it provides a “superficial” view of the issue and focuses too much on Coates’ personal narrative, when I don’t think the book ever claimed to do anything more. His experiences in occupied territories as he observes the systemic inequalities is relevant and important in its own right. He doesn’t claim to be telling anyone’s story - “If Palestinians are to be truly seen, it will be through stories woven by their own hands - not by their plunderers, not even by their comrades.”
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Wow this book is special. And what a rare thing, for a person as talented and lauded as Ta-Nehisi Coates, to also be so humble and so willing to reflect and change.