The History of Reparations

From Origin Of Everything.

In 2014, writer Ta-Nahisi Coates’ article for The Atlantic “The Case for Reparations” went viral. Tracing everything from the racial terror of slavery to the rampant housing discrimination of the 20th century, Coates made the case for financial reparations for the descendants of those who were enslaved in the US. However, the argument for reparations extends back much further than 2014 and also has significance beyond the Black American community. Today Danielle talks about one of the most controversial topics moving through American politics for over 150 years.

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Works Cited:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/?gclid=CjwKCAjwiOv7BRBREiwAXHbv3Mr63Xv4JNVtK4oA2f3_r7aQEMWyoOjEdhcG6VWsQNXjnwLUWSAWohoCc8cQAvD_BwE

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-02-mn-10514-story.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2020/06/atlantic-reader-race-and-racism-us/613057/

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/ta-nehisi-coates-revisits-the-case-for-reparations

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Caste: The Origins of our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson

Torpey, J. (2006). Making whole what has been smashed: on reparation politics. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

https://www.history.com/news/reparations-slavery-native-americans-japanese-internment

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/us/reparations-slavery.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-long-history-of-american-slavery-reparations-11568991623

https://theauthenticvoice.org/mainstories/tornfromtheland/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/25/what-south-africa-can-teach-us-about-reparations/