Summary: The Case For Reparation

Summary Reading The Case for Reparations was not a basic reading. Although the writing was very straight forward the content was profound. The author was able to illustrate different aspects that one endured growing up as an African American in America. The writing began by explaining how the environment of America, especially the South was more of a kleptocracy. African Americans or blacks as they were referred to during this era, viewed their migration in similar fashion as their runagate ancestors. Although the writing displays different aspects of events that took place, the writing is centered by a depiction of a particular family and the oldest son of the family, Clyde Ross. As the writing continued on I was able to gather information about how Clyde Ross transitioned from peonage to a free citizen. Throughout the text as a reader, I was able to grasp the struggles that many endured even as time went on. When one stage of atrocious events took place, another seemed to follow, but in a different manner. An example of this came when Clyde Ross moved to Chicago …show more content…
Ta-Nehisi Coates wanted the readers to visualize the incidents that commonly occurred through history and realize how America left African American families with Slavery scars. He is able to vividly describe the relentless hardship that many had to endure over years of non government protection while in slavery. Lastly through writing he was able to depict the African Americans’ race financial hardship through the years till now. That although their are some who families in the bracket of middle class or upper class they still have economic struggle or injuries they face, even being fully accepted into the class which they are rightfully in based on finical