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It is rare for me to thoroughly enjoy an audiobook because I get distracted easily (blame the ADHD I share with Ta-Nehisi), but I loved listening to Coates‘ narration.
His voice, as in both what he says but also how he brings it across, is so on point and important. I especially enjoyed how he always comes across so very grounded. He knows when to speak up, but also where his limits are, or when to let others speak their truth.
I don’t think there is a lot of new information for people who have been actively educating themselves on the ongoing genocide in Palestine. However, the way Coates shares his first hand experiences with racism and connects it to what he saw and learned in Senegal, South Carolina and (especially) Palestine is brilliant. He weaves it all together absolutely beautifully. This was my first book by Ta-Nehisi Coates, but it certainly won’t be my last.
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Note to self: loved how in his narration Coates sometimes mixes up k and s sounds when they sit next to each other in a word, e.g. asked (axed) and Al-Aqsa (Al-Asqa). I especially appreciate how they didn’t correct this in the audiobook. Feels authentic.
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In stunning prose as always, Coates writes to inform/educate, reflect upon personal experience, and “reveal truth” through seeking it as a journalist. Reflecting on his time in South Carolina, Senegal, and Palestine, Coates brings to light underlying but necessary connections between the oppressed experiences of Black people (particularly in America and South Africa), Jews, and Palestinians. I learned more about the Israeli occupation of Palestine from this book than any other source so far.
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A very personal piece of nonfiction from Ta-Nehisi Coates. Written to his journalism students at Howard, but addressed to all the people, especially young scholars, who are realizing our institutions were not made to benefit or protect us. The Message is a meditation on how racism and oppression affects us all, and how racism and anti-intellectualism has spread both domestically and abroad to justify atrocities since the formation of our nation all the way through the present day, and grows more relevant everyday since its release.
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Gorgeous writing. Brilliant insights. Painful at times, but so glad I read it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Colonisation
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