Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is brilliant. i appreciate her authenticity. it isnt patronizing, its honest and rare. we need more

I simply enjoyed every second of the interaction. Love from Cameroon

Mr Coates with "liking tension" but recognizing the "luxury" to do so 💎💎💎

Say it Chimamanda!!!! Love you so much ❤️

Thank you Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie you inspire me so much!! We need more women like you! especially in africa! Nigeria all africa are proud of you.

I love Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She speaks the truth as it is! France still colonizes the currency of more than 50% of African countries in 2018.

I love he brought up Bmore -- the French connection is DEEP..... & HEAVY

I love New York. It’s crowding. The multi-culturalness of it.

Wow🖤🖤🥰

I'm trying to connect the Ta- Nehisi I read and the Ta-Nehisi on this couch, there is something I can't quite isolate. This made the whole interview appear restrained. I was expecting and looking forward to a great literature discussion, writers make me make sense..

The lady had an interesting perspective and she likes america.

And I think I know why

I love her writing and usually her interviews, however, something is amiss here and someone, thing or folks have pissed her off. Ta-Nehisi Coates is different and it may be his attitude about Paris and he is emboldened when folks compare him to Baldwin although the latter spoke out against the French and their racism towards the Algerians. You don't have to be a direct victim of racism or the other to understand its harmful effects and I was surprised that Ta-Nehisi emphasized how removed he was from the French-African experience because he didn't live it. The nuances of it all!

What is missing is the historical effects of the French in Africa by Ta-Nehisi. He understands the American history of slavery but not the current monetary slavery of the Africans by the French. He admits this early in the conversation but lacks the knowledge to make a real evaluation.

4:30-4:42 🔥🔥🔥BURN lol

This interview feels fractured for some reason.

Why are an American and a Nigerian being interviewed in France by an American? I think American Blacks often have a positive view of Europeans because, during the worst of the American segregation years, many American entertainers were accepted with open arms by the European intelligentsia. Yes, yes, everyone knows about Josephine Baker. But I remember reading an article about a visit by Louis Armstrong to communist East Germany where the East Germans almost rioted to get tickets to see him. Armstrong commented to a journalist traveling with him that he was overwhelmed with the affection he encountered there. At press conferences, he often defended the East German society against attacks by the traveling journalists, contrasting the racism of the USA with his experience there. I confess I haven't read James Baldwin's book "Giovanni's Room" but there is a quote from it which goes "Americans should never come to Europe," she said, and tried to laugh and began to cry, "it means they never can be happy again. What’s the good of an American who isn’t happy? Happiness was all we had.” Correct me if I have totally misunderstood that passage, but it describes perfectly the naive idea most Americans have that they live in the "best country in the world." I have now lived overseas for twenty years, first in Germany and now in Japan. America is most definitely not the best country in the world. Right now, a wave of racism is sweeping Europe too. It is shocking because it is such a reversal of the tolerance that many American Blacks, Gays and progressives have experienced over the decades there.

I was in Paris in 2000. Air France and White Parisians in general were very rude to me.

Interesting to watch two members of the American elite (Coates and Goldberg) who have lived their entire lives in large cities - rarely venturing outside of them except to fly to other large cities - apply the crudest and most inaccurate stereotypes and assumptions to people who live in rural areas, as if they know what the heck they're talking about. As someone who has lived on both sides of the urban/rural divide in America, I can assure you they do not. These are two individuals who have enjoyed immense success and experienced much privilege in their lives. Yet they talk about people who live in rural areas - who have enjoyed none of these things - as if they are the ones who somehow represent what's wrong with America. There is SO much they're getting wrong here.

This was kind of awkward...

Chimamanda holds a Nigerian passport. He holds a American passports. There is the difference.

Always a fan of Chimamanda's but I think she's in the mood during this talk. "I don't have a life in America," seriously???!!

These people are so privileged they are being fawned upon as they opine whether Paris London or New York inspire them more. If snl had balls this would make for a hilarious skit.

Chimamanda comes off a little patronizing