Racial inequality has been a huge issue in America for a long time, and is still a battle that is being fought by African Americans. Some feel that America is becoming a post-racial society and this has led Ta-Nehisi Coates to take a stand on inequality and provide a narrative to combat this. In “A Cost for Reparations”, Coates displays excellent examples to help his audience picture black oppression in our nation’s history and how this correlates to the present era, but his argument for reparations is weakened by its inability to prove how it can solve America’s inequality issues. The purpose of Coates’s essay, I feel, is to not only make an argument for reparations, but to also start a discussion on inequality. In this essay, one can feel …show more content…
African Americans have been shut out on the expansion of wealth and other opportunities. This, I think, had to do with power and people’s prejudices towards who they think should be privileged and have good opportunities. We have a broken system, and I feel this nation still serves the privileged and undermines those who are not, despite the color of their skin. This depends on where you live. For example, in major metropolitan cities like Chicago, since 2000 “more than one-third of poor African Americans live in poverty that is above forty percent” (Badger, 2015). But if you look at the Appalachia there are many whites who live below the poverty line. And even in West Virginia, in the areas where there was coalmining, there are many poor whites that are being undermined as well and were taken advantage of by government and big corporations. However, overtime, race has shown to still matter when it comes to household wealth and income. This is mainly due to past laws and regulations that made sure blacks did not catch up to whites. Morally, inequality is wrong and it is our duty as human beings to care and want to change this. I can see why he calls for “reparations”, because he believes that African Americans, morally, deserve compensation for what was taken from them after all these years. However, I disagree that reparations are the key to making America whole again. His solution is too simple, and it is unlikely that it will solve these complex issues that are going on in our nation today. He also does not go into detail about what kind of reparations we need, how they will be carried out, or how they will solve these inequality problems. My concern is that reparations could set things back rather than forwarding things. Reparations could make people feel attacked and not willing to be open to discussion. My belief is that reparations cannot directly impact or benefit
Should the United States Federal Government pay reparations to the descendants of slaves? In a Pew Research survey, Carrie Blazina and Kiana Cox analyzed the attitudes of White and African Americans toward reparations for slavery. The survey highlights addressing historical injustices as slavery continues to impact social, economic, and political dynamics. 77% of African Americans believe reparations will rectify past wrongs and achieve racial equity, while 80% of White Americans are doubtful or
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Racism, discrimination and slavery were major problems in the United States for over 300 years; and continue to impact African-American’s lives today. Slavery first began in the 1690’s when members of African tribes were stripped from their homes and taken to America on ships filled with soon to be slaves. Many slaves often died from disease, malnutrition, or suicide, in effort to avoid their future enslavement. After hundreds of years of slavery, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
institutions, including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization, are working with new elites in the South to perpetuate the process whereby the rich get richer at the expense of the poor getting poorer.” (JubileeSouth “Reparations Towards Another World”) An institution that lasted f... ... middle of paper ... ... African Americans, then supporters, activists, lawyers, and the Black community all could stand behind one unified proposal. A proposal that is similar to
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The Ultimate Downfall of Nazi Germany The battle of the bulge was the final battle to defeat Nazi Germany in Europe. Russia did not have actual soldiers in the battle however, it was their strong efforts that drove Germany west enough for Great Britain and the United States to attack Germany on two sides. The battle of the bulge occurred between December 16th, 1944 and January 25th, 1945. It was the largest land assault in World War II. There were more than 200,000 German troops and 83,000 American
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt once proclaimed that the Pearl Harbor bombings that took place on December 7th, 1941 is, “ a date which will live in infamy.” The events that unfolded that fateful morning not only resulted in a U.S declaration of war against Japan the next day (subsequently promoted Germany/Italy to declare war against U.S three days later), but also proved to be a traumatic landmark event in the history of Japanese Americans. The aftermath of the Pearl Harbor bombings
Part A: Plan Of Investigation: This historical investigation will assess the role that the consequences of a war of attrition and trench warfare played on the terms drafted by the Allies within the Treaty of Versailles, by answering the question, “To what extent did the labours of trench warfare and the subsequent war of attrition lead to the decision made against Germany at the Paris Peace Conference by the Big Three?” The political and economic effect of the war on the different Allied nations
The Uses of Poverty Analysis Gans (1971) stated in modern society there are few events that can be considered functional or dysfunctional for society, and that most events result in benefits to some groups, while they present a cost to other groups. Poverty provides a great example of the negative impact on one group of society while providing benefits to another group in society. “All human endeavors have benefits and costs, material and nonmaterial, and that most such endeavors produce benefits
research question, to what extent was Germany’s post-World War I economic depression a causal factor in Hitler’s rise to power from 1919 to 1934? With the Treaty of Versailles, the German government was required to pay 132 billion gold marks of war reparations, drastically worsened with the US Wall Street crash. This effectively crippled the German economy and created a desperate people. For this investigation, Hitler’s private life history and pre-military career will not be analyzed. His political
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a position of forgetting the past actions of military and political power for the concept of forgiveness. Rights such as truth and justice are sacrificed for political stability. Where amnesties deny victims their rights to truth, justice, and reparations, they can potentially aggravate the victims’ suffering by shrouding the impunity cast by a blanket amnesty and denying victims full recognition of their suffering. The choice for transitional governments addressing past crimes is often framed in
have been fought over the difference of opinions, yet come at the cost of the soldier 's fighting them; Humans killing other humans, and death is just one of the many emotional scars soldiers of war face. Why do we go to war when this is the cost? For many it is because they are unaware of the psychological cost of war, they are only aware of the monetary cost or the personal gains they get from war. Tim O 'Brien addresses the true cost of war in "The Things They Carried". O 'Brien suggests that psychological
Elizabeth Jones would sustain majority of the cost for the duration of the first year, however, subventions would halt towards year-end and the reparation would be segment of the urgent care clinic’s expenditures. Nonetheless, the urgent care clinic anticipated to undergo or endures shortfalls through the first three years of existence, and it is essential