Reparations: Ta Nehisi Coates on Reckoning With US Slavery & Institutional Racism
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Channel: Free Speech TV · 2014 · Entertainment
An explosive new cover story in the June issue of The Atlantic magazine by the famed essayist Ta-Nehisi Coates has rekindled a national discussion on reparations for American slavery and institutional racism. Coates explores how slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and federally backed housing policy systematically robbed African Americans of their possessions and prevented them from accruing inter-generational wealth. Much of the essay focuses on predatory lending schemes that bilked potential African-American homeowners, concluding: "Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole." for more: https://www.freespeech.org/collection/democracy-now
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