Slavery In The Case Of Reparations By Ta-Nehisi Coates

In “The Case of Reparations” Ta-Nehisi Coates goes over the legacy of slavery, discrimination, segregation, and the branches of it such as the times of Jim Crow and the countless unfavorable situations of African Americans encounter during that time. He emphasized the biased real estate agents of the 1960s to be more specific in North Lawndale, Chicago which follows the journey of Clyde Ross. Coates used Clyde Ross to set a foundation for his essay that tells a story of the society and kleptocracy in the time of Jim Crow within that he discusses the wealth gaps and the distant meanings of black and white poverty and society’s attempt to heal the bleeding wounds that Jim Crow left through reparations. Slavery was the pillar that held America’s economic development that collapsed on it 250 years later. Even though slavery was abolished, it still left a bad seed under the American economy. The Blacks continue to plunder despite the abolishment, why is that? Most white americans left scarred because of the past some still mistreat, …show more content…
And from there on out caused a spark that triggered more reparations towards victims of enslavement. People carried that on, so America has been attempting to heal these wounds that slavery has left, but it is also something that America does not want to face, the hideous past that the great land of America ran by. Citizens would have to admit that the running wealth and prosperity in their families are built around enslavement of Africans, but it is necessary to close the divide and let these wounds heal. Some people that were victims of slavery may not consider money, land, or any type of materialistic wealth is enough for the pain and hard labor that their ancestors endured, but it is a sign of how sincere and sorry people are for what their ancestors that were slave owners committed in the past, all the pain and hardship endured by africans during the times of