“The Case for Reparations”

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“The Case for Reparations” is a landmark essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates that argues for compensatory justice for African Americans by tracing the historical and systemic roots of racial inequality in the United States.

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instanceOf essay ⓘ
magazine article ⓘ
non-fiction work ⓘ
argument The United States owes reparations to African Americans ⓘ
author Ta-Nehisi Coates ⓘ
availableFormat online article ⓘ
print magazine article ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception considered a landmark essay on race and justice ⓘ
widely acclaimed ⓘ
focusesOn Chicago housing contracts ⓘ
Contract Buyers League ⓘ
New Deal and postwar policies ⓘ
federal housing policy ⓘ
racialized wealth gap ⓘ
genre historical essay ⓘ
political essay ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
hasInfluenced political discourse on H.R. 40 ⓘ
public debate on reparations in the United States ⓘ
includedIn The Atlantic online archive ⓘ
influencedBy African American studies ⓘ
civil rights scholarship ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject African American history ⓘ
Jim Crow laws ⓘ
housing discrimination ⓘ
predatory lending ⓘ
public policy and race ⓘ
racial inequality in the United States ⓘ
redlining ⓘ
reparations for African Americans ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
systemic racism ⓘ
wealth inequality ⓘ
mentions Black families in Chicago ⓘ
Federal Housing Administration ⓘ
GI Bill ⓘ
H.R. 40 ⓘ
Jim Crow segregation ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws

mass incarceration ⓘ
slavery-era exploitation ⓘ
notableFor comprehensive historical narrative linking slavery to contemporary inequality ⓘ
reviving mainstream discussion of reparations in the 2010s ⓘ
originalPublicationDate 2014-06-01 ⓘ
placeOfPublication Washington, D.C. ⓘ
publicationType long-form essay ⓘ
publishedInIssueOf The Atlantic June 2014 issue ⓘ
publisher The Atlantic ⓘ
yearOfPublication 2014 ⓘ

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We Were Eight Years in Power → hasPart → “The Case for Reparations” ⓘ
Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War? → relatedWork → The Case for Reparations ⓘ
linked to: “The Case for Reparations”