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A review by ditten
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
The Message is a beautifully written book of three essays that all have different subjects but these are very much linked.
Coates talks about race, racial (in)equality, oppression, colonialism, perspective, and narrative in his book where the last half centers on Palestine which was, in my opinion, the strongest part of the book.
His discovery of the differences between the generally accepted narrative on Israel and Palestine, and the reality of the oppression and struggle the Palestinean people face that he gets to witness on his trip, as well as his reflections on the current day and history of the region was both interesting and devastating.
Very well written, and I'd be interested in reading more of his previous work, as well as finding out if he's written anything on the ongoing Palestinean genocide.
Coates talks about race, racial (in)equality, oppression, colonialism, perspective, and narrative in his book where the last half centers on Palestine which was, in my opinion, the strongest part of the book.
His discovery of the differences between the generally accepted narrative on Israel and Palestine, and the reality of the oppression and struggle the Palestinean people face that he gets to witness on his trip, as well as his reflections on the current day and history of the region was both interesting and devastating.
Very well written, and I'd be interested in reading more of his previous work, as well as finding out if he's written anything on the ongoing Palestinean genocide.
"The pain is in the discovery of your own illegitimacy—that whiteness is power and nothing else. I could hear that same pain in Avner’s and Guy’s words. They were raised under the story that the Jewish people were the ultimate victims of history. But they had been confronted with an incredible truth—that there was no ultimate victim, that victims and victimizers were ever flowing."