Bound For Justice

10 The Case for Reparations

Episode Summary

In this episode we discuss The Case For Reparations, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and published in 2014 in The Atlantic Monthly. The subject of Reparations continues to be in the news including during the recent Democratic Presidential debates, but it’s not a new subject. Coates summarizes in his article by writing, “Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.”

Episode Notes

Discussion

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631

• The subject of reparations is kind of a big topic and I had my preconceived ideas on the subject prior to reading The Case for Reparations. Did you also have a preconceived idea regarding reparations and after reading the articles did you have a different or new understanding? Did you viewpoint change at all? How?
• The subject of reparations is kind of a big topic and I had my preconceived ideas on the subject prior to reading The Case for Reparations. Did you also have a preconceived idea regarding reparations and after reading the articles did you have a different or new understanding? Did you viewpoint change at all? How?
• Referenced Links:
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/opinion/case-for-reparations.html
  • https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/ta-nehisi-coates-revisits-the-case-for-reparations
  • https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-reparations

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