‘That it was complicated, he now understood, was “horseshit.” “Complicated” was how people had described slavery and then segregation. “It’s complicated,” he said, “when you want to take something from somebody.”’

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I just reserved my copy of Coates’s The Message at my local bookstore after reading this review. Likely to be incredibly important, and I am eager to read it.

The Return of Ta-Nehisi Coates

A decade after “The Case for Reparations,” he is ready to take on Israel, Palestine, and the American media.