I've been listening to Coleman for several years now, but this is the first time I think I've read him, and it was outstanding. His take-down of the Israel-as-apartheid state was masterful.
Because it was not the primary focus of the article, I don't think it was a huge issue, but I do think that Coleman's description of the emigration of…
I've been listening to Coleman for several years now, but this is the first time I think I've read him, and it was outstanding. His take-down of the Israel-as-apartheid state was masterful.
Because it was not the primary focus of the article, I don't think it was a huge issue, but I do think that Coleman's description of the emigration of Black Americans to Liberia (including the various colonies that would later merge into Liberia) might strike the informed mind as a bit . . . off. Technically, all the Black people leaving the US for Liberia were "volunteers", but many of them only volunteered because it was their only route to emancipation.
I've been listening to Coleman for several years now, but this is the first time I think I've read him, and it was outstanding. His take-down of the Israel-as-apartheid state was masterful.
Because it was not the primary focus of the article, I don't think it was a huge issue, but I do think that Coleman's description of the emigration of Black Americans to Liberia (including the various colonies that would later merge into Liberia) might strike the informed mind as a bit . . . off. Technically, all the Black people leaving the US for Liberia were "volunteers", but many of them only volunteered because it was their only route to emancipation.