As the war on Gaza enters its second year and Israel expands its attacks on Lebanon, we continue our conversation with the acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates.

His new book, The Message, is based in part on his visit last year to Israel and the occupied West Bank, where he says he saw a system of segregation and oppression reminiscent of Jim Crow in the United States. “It was revelatory,” says Coates.

Video to interview

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    Did it take an expert to observe racial slavery when it happened in the US? What a weird point.

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      1 month ago

      That’s because you could actually observe slavery in the US. Have you ever been to Israel?

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        1 month ago

        So only people in the US knew racial slavery was happening. Alrighty then.