Amy Goodman
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The Case for Reparations: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Reckoning With U.S. Slavery & Institutional Racism
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7:44Now PlayingAn explosive new cover story in the June issue of The Atlantic magazine by the famed essayist TaNehisi 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 intergenerational wealth. Much of the essay focuses on predatory lending schemes that bilked potential AfricanAmerican homeowners, concluding"Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole."
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