Section 1001(a) provides the guideline for gain or loss made from sale or disposition of property, defining it as the amount realized in excess or lower than the adjusted basis of the property. The section defines amount realized as the sum total of all money received and any other fair market value received in noncash form for the property. Mrs. Smot case amount realized is damage claim from an insurance, which can only be realized as capital gains on assets as part of business casualty gain or loss under section 165(f). The settlement amount of $1.1million meant that Lynn realized a gain $266,600 from the involuntary conversion after the fire.…
Pt. has been in the program for over 2 years and she has been able to earn level 7 take home privilege once again. Pt. recently lost her take home privileges due to counseling non-compliance. Pt. completed a take home request form and attended two groups this quarter in order to resolve tx issues. The pt. has had her take-home privileges reinstated. Pt. was provided with feedback regarding her engagement in her tx plans and she started to reach this writer and other individual with the same recovery issues to learn and improve relapse prevention skills.…
For 250 years the African American race was enslaved. African Americans are now asking that they be reparated for the enslavement of their ancestors. They feel as if a moral debt is owed to them for the years of pain and suffering of their ancestors. African Americans are not the only ones seeking reparations. People of all races who see that what their ancestors went through are asking that they be reparated or recieve financial compensation.…
In “The Case for Reparations” Coates talks about the idea of reparations and its importance in the race of America. He argues the point that the nations owe the black population after all the hardship we have put them through. This type of conversation probably will never take place. I think the more aware that the American citizens are about slavery and racism will help to make a better life for all people. One of the differences I see between “The Case for Reparations” & “Between the World and Me” is that in “The Case for Reparations” Coates talks less about himself and more about other black families living in Chicago.…
Many high school students today studied the Opium War, a battle that is fought between China and Britain. The end result concludes that China lost, so Britain demands reparations from China because they cut off the opium trade with Britain. The British also colonized Hong Kong and restructured the Chinese government, leaving the Chinese powerless. The concept of reparations is used worldwide, whether it be used for justice or for power.…
In “The Case for Reparations”, Ta-Nehisi Coates sets forth a powerful argument that the United States must find a way to atone for past injustices against black Americans. Rather than asking for money or anything of the sort, Coates basically argues that it’s the idea of reparations that counts. He believes that such is necessary for Americans to come to terms with the injustices that occurred, partially due to the belief in white supremacy, and to go through a spiritual renewal of some sort. Through various techniques, Coates supports the claim that paying reparations is both paying a moral debt and acknowledging past injustices.…
In his Essay, Giving People a Second Chance, Ernest Martinez try’s to persuade his audience that Hispanic ex-cons should be given an equal opportunity to work. Martinez’s intent is to convince Hispanic business owners to hire ex-cons. Martinez’s essay had some valid points about ex-cons having an equal opportunity to make a living. But his essay is poorly formed, while he uses emotionally loaded terms, it lacks details and facts. In the first paragraph Martinez speaks on Mexican pride and Mexican unemployment which is irrelevant to his argument.…
The author, Ta-nehisi Coates who wrote the essay “The Case for Reparation” is a senior editor of the Atlantic magazine. In his essay, he brings forwards a powerful message about racism, white supremacy and the heritage that comes along with it. White supremacy is defined by Coates as a system that holds a group of people by their ancestors on a level above other groups. The word “white” has been adjusted over time to assimilate groups and make part of. At one time, the Irish, Italians, and Jewish weren't considered white in this country but in time, took part of.…
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s The Atlantic article “The Case for Reparations” forges an assertion on the controversial subject of slavery reparations. Accordingly, the evidence, structure, and thesis of the argument should uphold a level of both professionalism and pragmatism in supporting the argument. While Coates’ supports his arguments with facets from the physical, economic, social, and political aspects of injustice with according evidence, the lack of cohesiveness from the text weakens the aptitude of the argument. These factors noted in terms of structure, evidence, and failure in addressing counter claims.…
Eric Foner’s “A Short History of Reconstruction” is an updated, abridged edition of “Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution.” This book redefines how the Reconstruction Era is viewed, in ways historians have not done before. Foner chronologically starts with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 to validate his statement that “Reconstruction was not only a specific time period, but also the beginning of an extended historical process: the adjustment of American society to the end of slavery.” Starting his novel with this allows him to stress “the Proclamation’s importance in uniting…grass-roots black activity and the newly empowered national state” and state that this period is the beginning of “the adjustment of American society to…
The events of Reconstruction significantly improved the well being of freedman in American society by offering them equal rights. Slaves were discriminated against in ways that couldn’t be imagined. This was because of one thing: their skin color. Why should being a different race or ethnicity result to how one was treated? They weren’t any different from white people, but they begged to differ.…
Archbishop Desmond Tutu expresses in the following simple yet elegant phrase the philosophies inherent in restorative justice, “…true reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, and the truth…”. The frank exposure of emotional, physical and psychological injury may, however, adversely impact the victim(s) or alleged perpetrator in the short term. While restorative justice can be a risky undertaking, “only an honest confrontation with reality can bring real healing”. In the criminal justice system today in the United States, “real healing” seems to be a secondary principle; priority is given to proving the innocence or guilt of the accused in a trial conducted by a judge with the services of lawyers and the jury. The main stakeholders,…
Punishment Philosophy Punishment is seen as one of the pillars of life and society. Yet the view of punishment is deeply intertwined with the different philosophies of punishment that have become norms throughout time. While many see punishment through polarized lenses of retribution and vengeance, it should be utilized as a positive tool towards rehabilitation which in turn turns the heart away from sin.…
In his essay, “The Case for Reparations,” Ta-Nehisi Coates confronts the permeation of racial discrimination throughout American history and examines its lasting legacy in modern times. Using primary accounts and historical examples, Coates traces the influence of racism from the foundation of American democracy, through the Civil War era, the inception of Jim Crow laws, the Great Migration, and continuing to modern times despite continued U.S. governmental efforts to create policy that promotes equality and eradicates racial discrimination. Coates emphasizes the discrimination, racism, and hatred African Americans have faced throughout the various periods in American history, eventually concluding that the social, economic, and political…
The approach to restorative justice is rich with historical and cultural context which predates Native times and differs vastly from the current justice system. In fact, comparing the two is much like comparing apples and bananas; both are fruit however they have differing texture, taste, color, and shape. The current justice system in a multitude of Western societies is primarily focused on identifying and persecuting offenders with little to no regard as to the needs of the victim, the offender, or the community. It is a system in which the state, or the federal government, represents the people yet the people are unable to make contributions to the justice process and consequently the personal dimension of crime is eliminated. Offenders…