Ta-Nehisi Coates' writing is as powerful and thought provoking as it is heartbreaking. The way he brings together the memoirs of his travels to Senegal, South Carolina, israel and Palestine, to show that sometimes the wrong lesson is learned from oppression is incredibly powerful. This book is also a strong argument that written word and journalism is still determined by perception and that it takes real work to adjust your own lens. Incredible work and a must read.

“You cannot act upon what you cannot see. And we are plagued by dead language and dead stories that serve people whose aim is nothing short of a dead world. And it is not enough to stand against these dissemblers. There has to be something in you, something that hungers for clarity. And you will need that hunger, because if you follow that path, soon enough you will find yourself confronting not just their myths, not just their stories, but your own.”