Coates Case Analysis

I think Coates adequately makes his case throughout this hearing because he does bring up some good points. I really like how he said, ” Because the question really is, not whether we will be tied to the ” somethings ” of our past, but whether we are courageous enough to be tied to the whole of them”. For me, this last part of the speech is what really summed up Coates’s thesis, that there must not be a constant decision on what and what not to admire about our past, but there instead must be unity among us all in order to change all the bad things we did. It is important to note, one is only as narrow minded as the lenses in which one looks through things. If one is constantly grasping onto their preferences and not seeing the bigger picture, who is to say we will be better than we were 150 years ago? This is something we as people need to come together about and make changes towards. You definitely cannot blame somebody born 20,30 or 40 years ago about what happened 150 years ago but it is the duty of every American to repair this country. One who does nothing in the call of action is just as guilty as the one who created the problem. If we can all come together as a whole we can accomplish much greater things than if we were to always push others away.

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