Slavery In Ta-Nehisi Coates The Case For Reparations

Slavery had always been a controversial argument. Slavery is a very hard thing for all people who had to deal with it, also it is especially hard for children to find a solution to the cause of it; even though, they are trying to be strong, they still cannot run away from it. Slavery is the cause of many things, such as discrimination and low expectation of society to African-American. For instant, in the article “The Case for Reparations,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, expresses the difficulty that black folks had been facing at the time. American tends to denied the contributed that black folks have for America. Coates purpose is to acknowledge to his audience about the damage and mistreatment of blacks during the times after ending slavery in the …show more content…
White folks tended to have lots of great opportunities that lead to a bright future, when black folks are living in the society where they being treated less then human. No matter how good black folks are with school, they still lose over a white folk who have “criminal record.” Also, Coates proves that the society is living a lie where they are being blind folded with all the nuances of the government. He sets out such a moral debt is not only a matter of justice but if the American people are going to stop living a lie about the fundamental role white supremacy played have in the society. He sets out a powerful argument for reparations to African-American for such horrific injustices as slavery. His intended audience for the society to be aware of the wrong-doing realtors and the inhumanity that the government did towards the black …show more content…
He also explains how this was done and how blacks were tricked into giving money for homes in communities where they thought they could live and get away from injustice. It starts from during the progression after slavery and their lands were taken under false allegations and turned into baseball fields and country clubs. His target area is in an area of Chicago, where America's highest crime and jail rate occurred, and explains why this area is the way it is. He attacks the real problem that started years ago. Coates uses the media as a tool for an appeal to emotion. Although his piece uses real-life experience to shows the credible facts of statistics. There's nothing more appealing to emotion than to visually show the damage that is being done or rather the damage from previous events that has caused this permanent damage. The people of Chicago were a mere example of Coates point that addressed the conditions of what needs to be