The Case for Reparations

The author of the article writes about the suffering of African Americans throughout the years, since America was founded. In sections 4,5, and 6 he describes these struggles and a lot of information on what it was like during the 250 years of slavery through anecdotes and quotes from former slaves. This would educate his readers and also cause them to really think about what he is writing about. He makes sure to add a lot of historical information to make his readers understand the point he is trying to make, which is to have reparations for the black community. In section 4, he writes about slavery and what the life of a slave looked like, and how white people treated them. In section 5, he writes about how white people saw black people as property and luxury. They would talk about them as if they were talking about a house. In section  6, he writes about how the ghetto and how the black people had to live in terrible conditions. He talks about how white people would have more privileges than black people in these neighborhoods. So, the author provides all of this historical information to get his point across about reparations for the black community. He does this in a very meaningful way because of the anecdotes and quotes from people that will definitely grab his readers’ attention and evoke emotions to make sure he gets them on his side.