Summary Of The Case Of Reparation By Ta-Neehisi Coates

Jessica Chen

Mrs. Ellis

Language Art 9 (H)

27 April 2018 Ta-Nehisi Coates introduced his 2014 essay “The Case of Reparation”. It is a piece of writing that contends the idea of reparations should be a crucial part in the discussion of race in America. Coates contends that the idea of reparation is crucial and we have to start by truly considering what the America owe the black population and what has been executed to them. Coates want the American to be aware of America’s history and the racial oppression and how the mistreat black populations has played in making America the country it is today. However America has claimed otherwise, that the black populations did not play a crucial role in America. Ta-Nehisi Coates contends, that the leads

Coates often applied information from historians to prove his point. Coates use the speech of the senator “The two great divisions of Society are not rich and poor, but white and black.” (Coates 18). The African American doesn’t have freedom and rights in America. This show that in America race is more important than the economic status of a person. “The men who came together to find the independent United States, dedicated to freedom and equality, either held slaves or willing to joins hands with those who did.” (Coates 17). It show that the African American never received their right and freedom. Even on the land that was known for freedom and equality. For ethos Coates used the historians and senators as a good resource to tell the reader how the black population were treated. It make the more credible and easier to persuade. Consequently, Coates use ethos successfully in his

In Coates’s essay, he wrote about African American were under slavery and were denied the American dream. The black population was denied education, political rights, and properties. In Coates essay, he wrote about the story of Clyde Ross. Clyde Ross, is a black man who left Mississippi to find a better opportunity in Chicago. Ross works really hard and tries his best to save up money to raise his family. Ross also longed for owning a home just like numerous black family. However, Ross faces many difficulties because the only way for African Americans to own a home is to buy it from the predator contract seller. The contract doesn’t offer any legal protection for the black populations and they were charge with very high rates. “Clyde Ross took a second jobs at the post office and then a third job delivering pizza. His wife took a job working at Marshall Field. He had to take some of his children out of private school.” (Coates 30). Coates shows that the black population’s wealth was taken away by America. Black populations have to work twice the hard or more to achieve the same goals the white populations and most of their wealth were taken .Even though the black population was aware that they were trick and ripped off by the seller but they can’t do anything about it. They have to accept the ideas that they are only able to survive by being robbed by America. Many reader didn’t know the real America’s