Ta-Nehisi Coates: Gaza genocide, witnessing Israel’s apartheid & the US elections

Ta-Nehisi Coates: Gaza genocide, witnessing Israel’s apartheid & the US elections | Real Talk

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@paulamcminn5480 Ай бұрын

"I am somewhat confounded by the notion that what I say and what I label and the words I use should be guided by how many powerful people are going to get angry at me. What is the use in being a writer? . . . If we are going to write, we are supposed to say what we see. . .There are a great many things in America that are not said. But the reasons those things are not said are not for any reasons any writer of integrity should respect". Absolutely beautiful. More writers like this man.

@BurroGirl Ай бұрын

I'm pulling so many great quotes from this amazing man.

@thinkbeforeyoutype7106 Ай бұрын

Exactly! What’s becoming so obvious to people now is that colonialism has never ended just rebranded with different terms. From Natives indigenous people being called “savages” in the old days to now being called “terrorist” by neocolonialists who are neoliberals, neoconservatives, and zionist. 1) Savages is now “terrorist” 2) Civilizing them is now “bringing them democracy” 3) Colonies is now “territories” We can all see Israel is a colonial project being supported by former and current colonials such as U.S, UK, and others who also control territories of indigenous natives in Caribbean Islands, Pacific Islands, Hawaii, and many more. The liberation of Palestine will definitely give RISE to many indigenous natives around the world to free themselves from western domination. This is the underlying ripple effect that the U.S government and its puppet allies don’t want to happen

@SandraSchemmer Ай бұрын

You often say it, but the powers that be see that it doesn’t reach a wide audience.

@abyan63 Ай бұрын

The thing that’s throwing me for a loop is that the controversial journalist or influencers like Candace Owen’s or Joe Rogan are the ones with Integrity who declined to be compromised by money or opportunities when speaking on Israel’s war crimes. I am just confused AF that individuals like Anderson cooper can snap on a guest when they tried discussing Gaza but call Candace Owen’s antisemite for saying she’s not okay with children innocent men and women being killed.

@serogolemogole2685 Ай бұрын

@@thinkbeforeyoutype7106spot on

@talk69734 Ай бұрын

The more I listen to Ta-Nehisi the angrier I get. He explains it so simply and logically, yet there are still those out there that want to pretend it’s complicated

@jkaur4736 Ай бұрын

💯 it keeps it simple...thats what bothers defenders of the ethno-state

@pensivelyrebelling Ай бұрын

One of his interviews differentiated the complexity in a way I thought was really important. I think it was on Stephen Colbert. He said this isn’t morally complicated, but the systemic reality is complicated. I don’t think the systemic issues should mean the moral right shouldn’t be addressed, but I appreciated the nuance in that distinction.

@thinkbeforeyoutype7106 Ай бұрын

@Krack2805 Ай бұрын

the complication is the justification. how do u justify something so obviously bad? making it full of complications that make it needed. there is no other way to justify it.

@fredericktrautvetter7317 Ай бұрын

76 Years of displacement, ethnic cleansing, apar tied, siege, land theft, mass murder. the list goes on and on and in America were told this is the middle east's only democracy. Seriously this is allice in wonderland.

@sp6990 Ай бұрын

Mr. Coates is a gentleman and a scholar and I’m glad we have his voice now.

@Ksen677 Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣" a gentleman and a scholar "🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ай бұрын

Scholar ? If he wrote an article on brain surgery, would that make him a neurosurgeon ? The man is a 70-IQ bufoon with NO KNOWLEDGE of the Middle East whatsoever.

@sonofsoweto Ай бұрын

Gentleman, scholar and a good man

@herstory1832 Ай бұрын

All these interviews that he is giving make me feel like I'm getting to take his class. Grateful for his voice, his honesty, his intellect, his morals, his empathy and his desire to learn and teach.

@Jehntosh Ай бұрын

💯🙏🏾

@Jarajoy Ай бұрын

I felt the same way. Because of his book. I’m reading more and more. Reading the Message again.

@rosalinddobson1912 Ай бұрын

Watch Democracy Now every morning. Excellent coverage, including first-person witness interviews, to give fuller perspective.

@Madasin_Paine Ай бұрын

It's funny what people say when they feel like they just got a lecture. The two aren't so similar.

@Madasin_Paine Ай бұрын

What is a good man but a bad man's teacher. What is a bad man but a good man's job. If you don't understand this you will get lost. No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret. Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear. What does it mean that success is a dangerous as failure? Whether you go up the ladder or down it, your position is shaky. When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance. What does it mean that hope is as hollow as fear? Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear? See the world as your self. Have faith in the way things are. Love the world as your self; then you can care for all things. Look, and it can't be seen. Listen, and it can't be heard. Reach, and it can't be grasped. The superior person's dwelling is the good earth, Their mind is the good deep water, Their associates are good kind people, Their speech shows good trust, Their governing is the good order, Their projects are carried out by good talents, Their activities are good in time. Whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life The hard and stiff will be broken The soft and the supple will prevail When they think that they know the answers, people are difficult to guide. When they know that they don't know, people can find their own way. If you want to learn how to govern, avoid being clever or rich. The simplest pattern is the clearest. Content with an ordinary life, you can show all people the way back to their own true nature. The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. If powerful men and women could remain centered in the Tao, all things would be in harmony. The world would become a paradise. All people would be at peace, and the law would be written in their hearts She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger. She perceives the universal harmony, even amid great pain, because she has found peace in her heart. The Tao doesn't take sides, it gives birth to both good and evil. The Master doesn't take sides; she welcomes both saints and sinners... Hold on to the center. If you overesteem great men, people become powerless. If you overvalue possessions, people begin to steal. - Lao Tzu The Dao & Its Virtues -•- Trickery succeeds sometimes, but it always commits suicide. The reality of the other person is not what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say. Government is an agreement between you and myself. You and myself are often wrong. Crime is either another name of need or an aspect of a disease. How heedless you are when you would have men fly with your wings and you cannot even give them a feather. Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. You owe more than gold to him who serves you. Give him of your heart or serve him. Your friend is your needs answered. Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. Generosity is not in giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is in giving me that which you need more than I do. - Kahlil Gibran Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around. II, 7 Marcus Aurelius wrote, "It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.” The best revenge is NOT to be like your enemy. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations The best revenge is living well. When we understand THE NEEDS that motivate our own and other’s behavior, WE HAVE NO ENEMIES. - Dr. Marshall Rosenberg Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an UNDERSTANDING OF OURSELVES. - Carl Jung A really great man is known by three signs-generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, AND moderation in success. -Bismarck. This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and in every state of fortune not to depart from an upright, virtuous conduct. -Cicero. There never was a great truth but it was reverenced; never a great institution, nor a great man, that did not, sooner or later, receive the reverence of mankind. -Theodore Parker. The truly great rest in the knowledge of their own deserts, nor seek the conformation of the world. -Alexander Smith. The truly great man is he who would master no one, AND who be mastered by no one. -Kahlil Gibran Don't underestimate the depth of wisdom by the simplicity by which it may be written or spoken. A great deal of work goes into making something appear so simple or easy. The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply. A capacity, a taste for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, a facility, for successfully pursuing . the [yet] unsolved ones. - President Abraham Lincoln By three methods we may learn wisdom. First, by reflection which is noblest Second, by imitation, which is the easiest AND Third, by experience, which is the bitterest. - Confucius Wise men learn by other men's mistakes, fools by their own. - author unknown Show me a person that hasn't made a mistake, AND I'll show you a person that's never made a decision. - author unknown In truth you owe naught to any man. YOU owe all to ALL men. It is indeed misery if I stretch an empty hand to men and receive nothing; but it is hopelessness if I stretch a full hand and find none to receive. -Kahlil Gibran Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death. Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; And I deem them mad because they think my days have a price. -Kahlil Gibran "There is nothing people like more than to contribute to another's well-being. But know, there are people who find pleasure in the suffering of others (a form of violence). "... All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished." A gentle word turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. - Proverbs 15.1 We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us. -Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds It takes courage to tell the truth that no-one wants to hear. It takes fearlessness to act on it. - No one can save us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk our path. -Buddha Enlightenment must come little by little-otherwise it would overwhelm. - Idries Shah Let us fight the battle -retreat from the things that attract us and rouse ourselves to meet the things that actually attack us. - Seneca

@eltonbezuidenhout9506 Ай бұрын

A truth seeker and seeer, love from South Africa 🇿🇦, when you know, you do know!

@fibanacci8 Ай бұрын

True..

@alphapen_dragon8554 Ай бұрын

Howzit bru

@AshAli-mi1cz Ай бұрын

👍👍when u know,u know❤

@johnfarr314 Ай бұрын

This powerful interview brought up a lot for me thinking back to my life growing up in 80s apartheid SA. White South Africans were demonized by the rest of the world for their racist mindset and for imposing segregation in the towns and cities, stealing farmland etc. SA became a true democracy relatively peacefully in the mid 90s, which gives me some hope. Thank you Ta-Nehisi.

@ozqadir913 Ай бұрын

Great people the South Africans ❤💪🏽☀️

@paulamcminn5480 Ай бұрын

I knew immediately when I heard the backlash, and some of the institutions trying to take the book down, that it was a must have. It's on order and coming in November. Can't wait!

@KarimaDerridj Ай бұрын

In France , we need to wait until February 😢

Ай бұрын

He's a clown. The book is garbage. Waste your money. Ta-Nahesi Coates (whatta name.....) is finished politically. Not that he was that important before.

@robertrichardson2120 Ай бұрын

Your Copium is so pure! He's cemented his legacy.

@joegibsonzulu2599 Ай бұрын

I so wish I could have book too

@cmartin6109 Ай бұрын

Is re hell..we see you 😂

@arimas1977 Ай бұрын

I saw the shift of M. Coates and it makes me happy and proud of him! He seems freer and more sincere and heartfelt ! Not turning around the bush nor walking on egg shells anymore! It must be something incredible for an author to feel really free and fight for your grounds and what's true!

@dfwherbie8814 Ай бұрын

He’s always been sincere and heartfelt. He just didn’t know. Now he knows.

@rhonefraser Ай бұрын

💯💯💯

@moroccantravelers2328 Ай бұрын

“I can’t watch a guy plugged up to an IV burned alive," This is an act of extreme violence and suffering. This quote combines vulnerability and brutality. Well said, Sir! And thanks for representing the silent voice.

@brianm9137 Ай бұрын

It's amazing how horrific these guys war on terror is. They follow victims to the hospital they are recuperating and boom.

@Jehntosh Ай бұрын

Ta-Nehisi is the result of good parenting. His parent’s values/beliefs were passed on, I’m grateful for the job his parents did.

@ummiummita2698 Ай бұрын

👍🏽

@realCarlosMazda Ай бұрын

He's the world's foremost race grifter. Introducing hate, fear, & division into society. You have to be a broken human to look up to this pile of crap.

@chaim37 Ай бұрын

Good parenting he’s nothing but a Jew hater . He spent 5 minutes there & he’s calling himself an authority on the Middle East

@contigoenlaisla 22 күн бұрын

Yup, read his memoir

@realCarlosMazda 22 күн бұрын

@@contigoenlaisla #1 race grifter. The man is a disgrace

@gzo737 Ай бұрын

Protect this man at all cost

@kellizehnder308 Ай бұрын

Ta-Nahisi Coates and Norman Finkelstein keep me sane. Thank you for sharing your brilliant empathetic voice.

@adinahaun6001 Ай бұрын

My 2 favorites also! Relentless truthtellers.

@DarkInksGaming Ай бұрын

Damn. I can listen to this guy talk for hrs. RESPECT. :)

@hl7892 Ай бұрын

I've heard Coates interviewed many times now about The Message. This is the best of all those interviews, in my opinion. Just outstanding. Wonderful questions, wonderful conversation. Great job, Middle East Eye.

@edprotas4148 Ай бұрын

Ta-Nehisi Coates has more courage in his little finger than most people can muster in a lifetime. A true American hero!!!

@omaymahaq1766 Ай бұрын

It is an honour to be able to listen and read Ta-Nehisi’s book The Message. He’s a prominent writer, dignified human being, courageous man speaking truth to power. Thank!!! 🇵🇸✌️🇱🇧

@billyo54 Ай бұрын

At last, a real, honest and in depth interview with Mr Coats. What a marvelous hour of truth. I hope this is widely seen and understood by those that matter.

@aniadz1 Ай бұрын

Loved every word if it. Thank you for your courage. ❤️🇵🇸🇵🇸

@silviopina_111 Ай бұрын

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Francesca Albanese are my #1 heroes right now! Bravi!!! 💚🇵🇸☮️🇵🇸💚🇮🇹

@leenaandrade3057 Ай бұрын

These are the type of people who should get the nobel peace prize not Obama, Kissinger.

@AlanaNichole1989 Ай бұрын

Hear, hear!

@williammccormick64 Ай бұрын

100% I'd include Medhi hassan as well 👍

@SuperWarrior1973 Ай бұрын

@williammccormick64 mehdi is only unbiased when talking about Palestine while ignoring the historical facts about Ukraine and lies and likes to generalise about Putin in a complete exaggerated negative bias.. so I don't trust his opinions overall..

@Maha_s1999 Ай бұрын

@@leenaandrade3057 absolutely right, Obama was responsible for setting up the scene to the ultimate genocide chapter we have today. Hardly a Nobel peace prize.

@davidcheung6404 Ай бұрын

Coates is GOAT. Such a genuine and sincere intellectual

@makhan89 Ай бұрын

Wow props to him for changing his view to the Truth

@55liber Ай бұрын

So glad to have seen this man on a mass media show defending the Palestinians

@mariejane1567 Ай бұрын

Will they defend his people though??

@lachelleslithub6529 Ай бұрын

During Fergeson, Palestinians expressed support of Black Americans.

@mariejane1567 Ай бұрын

@@lachelleslithub6529 Did they call the police on George Floyd

@Yezebnesh_Maharat Ай бұрын

@@lachelleslithub6529Please. Arabs enslaved Africans in the African Slave Trade before the White Supremacists from Europe and it was more brutal. Also, Arabs practice the same anti-black racism as the Europeans till this day. Ask Morocco (What they did to African migrants trying to get to Europe in 2023), Saudi Arabia (What they did to Ethiopian refugees in 2023) or the UAE.

@sonofsoweto Ай бұрын

The Palestinians did contribute to the fight against Apartheid, so yes, the Palestinians and people of African descent share a history of oppression @@mariejane1567

@moniruzzamankhan8218 Ай бұрын

My limitless admiration for Ta-Nehisi. Men born and die leaving behind nothing with a few exceptions. Ta-Nehisi is one of those very few, who will be admired by Palestinians and Muslims around the world through our generations. He did not bow down to monies, fames, power or influence. Thank you once again my hero.

@technoloverish 27 күн бұрын

If I’m not mistaken, Coates also support LGBT rights. Is that a problem, to you?

@moniruzzamankhan8218 23 күн бұрын

@ not at all. I also know how to say “fuck off”.

@RobHel69_420 Ай бұрын

We are watching a man putting his entire career/life on the line. Coates doing this is big and i dont know most people understand the impact this will have in public discourse worldwide. He was a regular guest in the white house and as mainstream as it gets. I have gigantic respect for that

@hmmcinerney Ай бұрын

I think he’s established enough to take that chance, but as he says he doesn’t give a fu€k. It would be a denial of his entire identity to not speak. You’re right, this is groundbreaking for Palestinians. An intellectual who is admired by Obama who himself doesn’t have the balls to speak out. And Obama knows better.

@LynetteA68 Ай бұрын

My heart breaks for him because I know the monster that awaits him just for speaking TRUTH!!! I feel a bit better after watching this interview because I think he knows and has accepted what awaits him!! I think he’s ready for the fight and he’s going into it with truth/facts and no matter what he’ll always have us to support him!! Nanaya cha I hullo um I kana~ (✌🏼 & 🫶🏼 my friend) ❤️from CHAHTA OKLA🪶 (THE CHOCTAW NATION)

@hmmcinerney Ай бұрын

@@LynetteA68 I’m Irish and the Choctaw Nation sent money to Ireland when we were going through our Famine. An Gorta Mhor, the big hunger. We owe your people an enormous debt of gratitude. We were under Colonial rule by England at the time ♥️♥️♥️

@Yo-yo98 Ай бұрын

We must protect Ta-nehisi at all costs we must support his writing !!!

@helenmcinerney1058 Ай бұрын

Same with us Irish, we are clear eyed on what Israel is. That's why we support Palestinians ❤

@SagaciousNJ Ай бұрын

Ireland has been astonishingly correct on this matter for a long time. You deserve to feel proud of that

@deryck-kr2tl Ай бұрын

respect to the irish

@jockstrappery Ай бұрын

But why are so many blind? seems we, as a whole have learnt nothing.

@SagaciousNJ Ай бұрын

@jockstrappery It's not that they're blind. It's that someone is blinding them. Honestly, We should feel proud that it takes literally trillions of dollars of propaganda to get people to willingly go to the wrong side on this matter. And even after all that we find it's still not fully working In the modern day. It's important to remember that in earlier ages of Mankind than this one. There would have been essentially no controversy. Only archeologists and the bones would have been able to report this injustice to us. I try to keep that hope in perspective even as the world disappoints my knowledge of what it "could" be.

@JacobStein1960 Ай бұрын

After all the thousands of victims of Muslim murderers and rapists in all countries wherever there are Muslims, do you think anyone really cares about Gaza? October 7. 9/11. 7/7. Charlie Hebdo. The rape of European women. The list goes on and on. This didn’t start in 2023. This began in 634 with the Muslim invasion of Byzantine Syria. The patience of the West has ended. The genocide of Muslims against “infidels” will stop. Islam=Nazism. They will be crushed.

@faizaambah Ай бұрын

Thank you for hosting Ta Nehisi Coates

@mamahdino9180 Ай бұрын

I bought the book from the US through online. I already received it and I have it now. Thank you Mr Coates for your courage. Please be patient if you get problem(s), but Allah has got the ultimate power in the end. May Allah protect you and your family.

@zakaouissi2917 Ай бұрын

Ta- Nehesi Coates ! You are a Hero, a courageous and brave decent human being.

@Vaaasqaud Ай бұрын

Mr Coates is an all American intellectual hero❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. Brave to face up to racism and Zionism

@kittysawtelle5552 Ай бұрын

Go Mr Coates..Go Go Go Mr T!! If only we had more like you! America is so anti-intellectual!

@groundworkhealthfitness1169 Ай бұрын

I respect this brother’s journey so much during a time when many of his peers are satisfied with a place at the table. Being able to recognize white supremacy in all its forms from Jim Crow to colonialism is one thing; calling it out though for exactly what it is takes real guts, and ought to be the cornerstone of all journalism

@cyberpunkalphamale Ай бұрын

He's doing the opposite. White Supremacists are anti-semitic. Hating jews has always been an elite hobby. The poor Arabs are pawns in this game. Coates is playing a role to put a target on Black people to divide Blacks and Jews.

@aricurtis1365 Ай бұрын

Excellent questions. I could listen to Ta-Nehesi talk about this all day as it is so validating and cathartic to hear people talk plainly about what we can all see, hear, and understand.

@hollyhall2527 Ай бұрын

What a wonderful, beautiful soul. Thank you Ta-Nehisi

@a-gl2ri Ай бұрын

They are expected to close their eyes and ears to the genocide committed ! We live in a world where there are unjust and unscrupulous people.

@rosemacleigh Ай бұрын

God bless you Ta-Nehisi. This is one of the best, most Real interviews I have heard.

@nonameplease3799 Ай бұрын

My local library agreed to order it. I'm first on the list to borrow it.

@elifarsakh9420 Ай бұрын

Thank you Ta-Nehisi for shedding light on this very important subject. I hope your book helped lighten people as it did with me.

@HAJ-o9n Ай бұрын

Thank you for standing on the right side of history. Thank you for your courage and honesty. Just ordered your book and cannot wait to read it.

@vhscoverstory5671 Ай бұрын

He’s not backing down and I am so grateful to him for it. There is such insane pushback and we’re supposed to pretend they’re not doing this

@wisedup20 Ай бұрын

100%.....I went to Jerusalem in 2000, and I saw it there . I was disturbed, but I didn't take the time to dig into it. I didn't make myself properly informed till a day or two after October 7. But soon as they started bombing Gaza, I knew it was just a horrible extension of what I'd seen in 2000.

@Claudia-cr2pm Ай бұрын

I am have so many critiques of america. But in this moment I am so proud to live in a country with this man. I am proud to live in a country that still allows his voice to be heard.

@TheSF009 Ай бұрын

His voice is so important during this time and I’m so glad he’s using his platform and reputation towards helping the Palestinian people

@sambaxrock Ай бұрын

I saw the video of a family in Gaza finding their kid in the morgue… alive. We are so so doomed. I do really mean it.

@savithag7616 Ай бұрын

Imagine the plight they don’t have time even to process the dead properly. Beyond words can describe.

@TheHamlet64 Ай бұрын

Thank you Mohamed and Ta-Nehisi for this beautiful moment. excellent questions and opportunities for brilliant insight and informed exchange. Punish democrats segment was handled so well - Mohamed I hear your description clearly of what is worse? When challenged with trump will do worse. Thank you Ta-Nehisi for saying you won’t finger wag about Trump at a people suffering a genocide. It’s important for me to frame this question by considering what the people (who insists it will be worse for Arabs under Trump) are doing and saying in support of Arabs now. Where will they be in the fight to resist either administration’s participation in genocide after the election. I agree with Ta-Nehisi-I don’t think the pragmatics are good. I would add here; I also have acted in a similar spirit as Ta-Nehisi has described in holding the democrats accountable and in hopes of pre election affirmative actions on Middle East. That train has left the station. Love this: “We are practicing and funding what we claim to have overcome. We are doing it somewhere else”, paraphrasing. The question Mohamed poses along the lines of; How do you feel About the optics and reality of the Black members of the administration and UN supporting the genocide? Ta-Nehisi responded beautifully with- in any order there will always be the people who ultimately will buy in completely,wholly that will always be the case. Ta-Nehisi -“ I do have to reinforce this point, The first people to call for a ceasefire in Congress were all people of color”. DNC no Palestinian-voices- not just a mistake -it was Cold and inhumane -there was a huge diversity party going on. Ta-Nehisi- “I’ll speak As a black American who has to choose between people who are openly evil. And people you’re not clear would do any better.” I had to play this back a few times. The first thing I heard was a softball description of Kamala. I heard we have to wait and see what she will do. That isn’t what Ta-Nehisi said. I really appreciate the words,”not sure if they will do better”. I’m decided based on the current administration’s actions for the past year. I have spent thousands of hours reading and watching and listening to experts and following the daily rhetoric and angles of the state Department spokes people and administration heads and policy makers. All of whom share the same speaking points which include characterize Arabs as terrorist while framing Israeli military aggression as defending themselves. Israel has been able to act uninterrupted for a year with total impunity in partnership with the U.S. The Democratic platform is not a departure from this unchanged course. Most citizens who want to believe in the Democratic Party wouldn’t characterize the passive voice to describe tens of thousands of killed Palestinians as evil or racist. They wouldn’t describe the constant misplace use of self-defense or defending itself to describe the military actions of Israel over a year in Gaza as a clear US supported genocide and ethnic cleansing. I don’t rely on the term evil as a descriptive of Trump or the Democratic Party because racist, anti-Arab,Islamophobia and dehumanizing are more effective and more accurate descriptions of both in actions and in words.

@AlexaTaganrog Ай бұрын

I love this guy! Thanks for the interview!

@descartesdonkey4291 Ай бұрын

what a brilliant interview..fantastic.

@fayezomar6355 Ай бұрын

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Sir, you are a giant filled with self respect and integrity. Wish we could say the same about most writers and reporters. What an amazing interview! Must see.

@Wawasabih Ай бұрын

Ta nehisi you are a Gem for speaking up ! Well done

@seahorsemafia Ай бұрын

The Message is incredible. Coates is simply an amazing writer. He has so much earnestness and humility, it’s plain as day his moral compass is fixed to true north. He’s an inspiration to me. I’m not a writer, I just hope to hold true to my principles as resolutely as him when doubt or danger tries creeping in. And have the courage to speak truth to power, and give voice to those who are truly silenced.

@ebinstructor Ай бұрын

Thanks so much. I hope he inspires others of his caliber to speak the truth❤❤❤❤

@cactusqltr Ай бұрын

It is amazing that Mr. Coates didn't know what was going on in Palestine for so long! I am equally amazed and happy that when he saw it, he spoke out!! The reality is the truth comes easier to some than others!

@ummiummita2698 Ай бұрын

Most of us don't know it cos Western Media cover it.

@iverbrnstad791 Ай бұрын

@@ummiummita2698 Even if we think we know they still find a way to disappoint. I grew up in a pro-palestine household, and I thought I had a grasp of it, but even now I get surprised. Goldstein monument that people specifically seek out? That's so depraved.

@ummiummita2698 Ай бұрын

@iverbrnstad791 True. Deeply rooted in impunity...

@sindrigujonsson6278 Ай бұрын

I admire people who can learn and change their views, see things in a new light - his response "I fucked up" - most people just don't see it when they fuck up even if they were offered millions of clear proofs they have. They would refuse to internalize those proofs.

@68M35A2 Ай бұрын

I hate that word, but I agree with you 100%.

@sindrigujonsson6278 Ай бұрын

I should maybe add that I was a zionist for many many years and it took me a long time to unlearn and for me it happened in many short slow steps even though the facts of the matter that zionism dispossesses a nation and people of their land by violence and force and ethnic cleansing and so forth ought to be clear as day - I am just a slow learner myself and the zionist view is so ingrained in christian western European fabric (I am European, not American). We are historically absolutely blind to colonialism being evil. We thought nothing of France annexing the land of Algeria into their country (without giving Algerians full rights and so forth) to name one example out of countless.

@springtexan8244 Ай бұрын

Bravo for your evolution, @@sindrigujonsson6278

@aysehassan3658 Ай бұрын

Brilliant - thank you both much!

@sumayyabhorat790 Ай бұрын

One of the best Ta-Nehisi interview i have seen thus far....Thank You❤🇿🇦🇵🇸

@msamer72 Ай бұрын

Ohh my God, Ta-Nehisi is such a beautiful person with a beautiful heart, The fact that he discovered the truth and takes an action immediately in his writings is fascinating to me. All respect to you and your courage my brother in humanity!

@DavidWilliams-qd4yp Ай бұрын

Thank you for this interview. I hope we can have this on all social platforms.

@ouagadougou4672 Ай бұрын

Thank you for telling the most profound human truth. Mr. Coates, your decency gives hope to people who have nearly given up hope on all of human behavior. The world will only go forward if more people like you speak truth.

@CW-xf1li Ай бұрын

I'm happy to see he woke up 💜

@SLF-o2w Ай бұрын

Thank you to whoever donated copies of his book to the Faculty for Justice in Palestine table on Stanford’s White Plaza.

@ppetal1 Ай бұрын

I follow Palestine and climate in the US pretty closely, from UK and was wondering what the fuss was about regarding Ta Nehasi Coates and now I know. Great stuff.

@ziadirida Ай бұрын

Kudos to the interviewer. Among the best. Keep the focus on Ta-Nehisi and keep the conversation going in the direction he wants to focus on. Amazing job.

@zubairsayed2874 Ай бұрын

Ta-Nehisi is a blessing. A great mind filled with courage and integrity. Some of what he says in this interview is timeless wisdom.

@timmcdraw7568 Ай бұрын

State as Tool! Wow. This whole interview is wonderful and I am so looking forward to the arrival of his book into my home soon. But the thing that hit me on the side of the head and made me come here to comment is his response to the right to exist comments. I’m often just too dumbfounded by that statement to give a response I’m satisfied with. I always just say “states don’t have the right to exist” but this is brilliant. Yes, states are a technology! A human technology. A tool. I think my life has just been changed. Thank you.

@7mkhan9 Ай бұрын

Mr. Coates is a gentleman and a scholar and I’m glad we have his voice now. Loved every word if it. Thank you for your courage. ❤🇵🇸🇵🇸

@Bchic02 Ай бұрын

This was phenomenal

@joseflemire4284 Ай бұрын

Mr. Coates is on the side of our Better Angels. He is what we need right now to bring Truth to Power

@jefffoster7105 Ай бұрын

Well this is the first time iv come across you brother ( my bad ) and respected you a few minutes in and im only 20 minutes in now and im so happy to see a writer of his stature that cares only about the truth and not the liberal establishment and not scared on being cancelled by people with no integrity anyway. Good for you brother. Also brother what the man said makes perfect sense

@AbdulMunim1 Ай бұрын

God bless you for your honesty and integrity Ta-Nehisi. Its absolutely mind numbing that we are STILL witnessing/discussing these themes in 2024!!!!

@emilio5737 Ай бұрын

Great job by the interviewer in asking all pertinent questions to a superb guest!!!

@nukiolbartes6279 Ай бұрын

“I am not strong enough” made me tear up

@Equalitypeacelove Ай бұрын

Mohammed is an excellent interviewer and Coates is fair decent good human being - loved this interview

@thinkbeforeyoutype7106 Ай бұрын

What’s becoming so obvious to people now is that colonialism has never ended just rebranded with different terms. From Natives indigenous people being called “savages” in the old days to now being called “terrorist” by neocolonialists who are neoliberals, neoconservatives, and zionist. 1) Savages is now “terrorist” 2) Civilizing them is now “bringing them democracy” 3) Colonies is now “territories” We can all see Israel is a colonial project being supported by former and current colonials such as U.S, UK, and others who also control territories of indigenous natives in Caribbean Islands, Pacific Islands, Hawaii, and many more. The liberation of Palestine will definitely give RISE to many indigenous natives around the world to free themselves from western domination. This is the underlying ripple effect that the U.S government and its puppet allies don’t want to happen

@treeby456 Ай бұрын

Brilliant conversation. Thank you for your passion and truth telling and humanity.

@grazianalu76 Ай бұрын

What a powerful conversation with Ta-Nehisi. It makes you really think about everything we have grown up to believe and question it.

@reattuany4970 Ай бұрын

Man the story never gets old. I feel I didn’t waste an hour. This special!!

@mohsinrao4334 Ай бұрын

YAS Ta-Nehisi YASSSS!!!

@victormeidan1062 Ай бұрын

Just say "No" to the Silly Guy with a fancy first name.

@marciasandberg4513 Ай бұрын

@@victormeidan1062. But Victor is not a fancy name.

@victormeidan1062 Ай бұрын

@@marciasandberg4513 As you know, we are talking about Coates, the Cuckoo Leftist.

@khalifaomar5191 Ай бұрын

Thank you .. God bless you all.

@stephm3659 Ай бұрын

It is 100% acceptable to ‘not give a FUCK’ that people try to silence and condemn those who speak out against racial supremacy and GENOCIDE! Fight back!! 👍🏼💯

@GillianRose-ok7ig Ай бұрын

Superb interview, mad respect to Mr Coates!

@jds5788 Ай бұрын

Nothing but integrity from this Brother. Respect all day!

@WinslowCrockwell Ай бұрын

Love Coats. Amazing what saying the truth can get you… Good on you brotha!

@adissux Ай бұрын

What a beautiful human being he is.

@cme9 Ай бұрын

Ta-Nehisi Coates is a true journalist and one of the heroes of our times. I have the greatest respect for me and I am so thankful for his bravery!!!

@sirin844 Ай бұрын

Ta-Nehisi Coates is a hero for speaking out as he does when it is not in his interests. My father is from Iran and I've been aware of the stories of apartheid. When I talk to people, they are not aware of it. Even my family. They actually reject because the media not only cover it - they reframe it to the point of lying. And pushback of being called anti-semetic is fierce. It's tragic. And the world is watching the US.

@BurroGirl Ай бұрын

Coates is amazingly insightful, brave, caring, and speaks truth.

@victormeidan1062 Ай бұрын

Your hero, Coates is a Global Nobody and a Human Nothingburger. He talks about slavery in America - which is zero to do with Israel's Right to Exist. A very confused, silly man.

@houssamelokda Ай бұрын

Amazing interview. Wow

@Sealovervvz Ай бұрын

Thank u for speaking up!

@Rachel-p5h Ай бұрын

Deeply truthful and personal, and extremely emotional interview. Many thanks to this intellectual writer, Ta Nehisi Coats.

@kittysawtelle5552 Ай бұрын

There doesn’t seem to be a phony bone in his body. Nobody can lay it out metaphorically like Mr TC..well, maybe Dr. Jeffrey Sachs and Dr, Ilan Pappe. But Coates’ vernacular is so beautiful

@ummiummita2698 Ай бұрын

Mr coates I dont think they will allow you back in Isreal. Thank you for teaching us soo much.👍🏽

@meerapatankar7275 Ай бұрын

Ta-Nehisi you picked at the scab on America's face, this is a nation with a few hang-ups and have chosen to live inside a bubble of a narrative they've chosen to live inside. Thank you brother. This needs to be brought out into the sunlight!!❤