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Have We Missed The Message? with Ta-Nehisi Coates [VIDEO]

2024/10/10
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: 本书探讨了身份认同、历史与人性的复杂关系。作者在书中穿插了个人经历，包括在塞内加尔的寻根之旅和对美国社会及以色列-巴勒斯坦冲突的观察。他认为，对历史背景的忽视会导致对事件的误读，并指出在权力面前，人性的脆弱与堕落是普遍存在的。他呼吁人们关注被边缘化群体的处境，并反思自身在历史和社会中的位置。Coates 强调，理解以色列-巴勒斯坦冲突需要深入了解其历史背景，不能简单地将其归结为善恶对立。他认为，无论是犹太复国主义还是其他民族主义运动，都可能导致对人性的压迫和暴行。他同时反思了自身作为美国人的身份认同，以及美国在全球冲突中扮演的角色。Coates 还探讨了种族主义和压迫的长期影响，以及其对个人和社会造成的伤害。他认为，对历史的理解和对人性的尊重是解决冲突和促进社会正义的关键。 Trevor Noah: Noah 认同 Coates 对历史背景重要性的观点，并对 Coates 在 CBS 采访中受到的待遇表示愤怒。他认为，人们关注的是 Coates 受到的不公平待遇，而非其观点本身。Noah 还分享了自己在纽约的经历，以及他对警察暴力和种族歧视的看法。他认为，对历史和社会现实的理解，以及对人性的尊重，是解决冲突和促进社会正义的关键。他赞扬 Coates 的作品能够以细致入微的方式探讨复杂议题，并挑战人们对社会问题的既定观念。

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Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses the challenges of being seen primarily as an intellectual figure and his desire to maintain normalcy in his personal life. He emphasizes the importance of his family and friends who treat him without regard to his public persona. Coates acknowledges that while writing gives him status, he doesn't always feel like the smartest person in the room.
  • Coates values his relationships with family and friends who don't treat him differently due to his public image.
  • He recognizes that being a writer gives him status but doesn't believe it makes him inherently superior to others.

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Bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates joins Trevor and Christiana to discuss his new book about how the stories we tell, and the ones we don’t, shape our realities. They also unpack the jaw-dropping CBS interview that followed the book’s release, and our elusive search as a people to see the humanity in others.

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