Ta-Neishi Coates The Case For Reparations Analysis

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 1988, reparations were made to victims of World War II. The United States paid $20,000 to more than 100,000 Japanese Americans sent to Internment camps during the war. It was much easier to reparate them because they were still alive and could personally recieve the reparation. Since the slaves who were actually enslaved are now obviously dead, there is an immense amount of confusion as to who should actually recieve the compensation. …show more content…
That brings up another question, which is who should have to pay the reparations? Todays White Americans cant be forced to pay for what their ancestors did. They had no take in the act of enslaving African Americans over a century ago. There are still many other questions other than that which are yet to be answered.

In "The case for Reparations" an essay written by 'Ta-Neishi Coates' he says "It is as though we have ran up a credit-card bill and having pledged to charge no more, remain befuddled that the balance does not dissappear". That is basically saying that they will not forget about the past and they never will. He also says "The effects of that balance, interest accruing daily, are all around us. Which is saying that the want reparations is growing everyday and you can see it if you simply look around. His essay was parting with the idea of reparations for African