Within this long text, Coates makes his argument in favor of reparations for the black community. Reparations in this case means the compensation of the torture, inequality and discrimination blacks have faced since the founding of this country, and in this article, he does make the case. Within section IV, he talks about development of slavery, how slaves were painfully separated from their families and sent here, the tedious work they undergo, and even individuals wrote articles about how to maximize the effectiveness and profits of slaves. And within section V, the author states how slaves are considered somewhat like property, where they are considered a luxury to have, into how blacks living in houses or even next to a white individual’s house naturally depletes the overall value of the property, into how blacks were not allowed to own houses whatsoever, and they were either declined any form of loan or charged with excessive interest. With these stated, it gives readers proof and evidence as to why we should stand with him on the case for reparations
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I think you did a really good job at explaining the article. i really like how you explained each section. One other thing that I liked was how you defined reparations in your own words. That was a nice touch to your post.
You gave the reader a clear definition of what the article was trying to do and had awesome detail for each section. You did a great job of explaining how section 5 talks about how slaves were considered property, and I know everyone knows this statement but you did a great job of stressing it
I liked how you summed up Coates goal very well in your first sentence, followed by the ways in which Coates did that. Great job on that.