Quoting Ta-Nehisi Coates from The Case for Reparations, Coates states that “Reparations beckons us to reject the intoxication of hubris and see America as it is—the work of fallible humans”. In further discussion Coates says: “What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices—more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe. What I’m talking about is a national reckoning that would lead to spiritual renewal. Reparations would mean the end of scarfing hot dogs on the Fourth of July while denying the facts of our heritage. Reparations would mean the end of yelling “patriotism” while waving a Confederate flag. Reparations would mean a revolution of the American consciousness, a reconciling of our self-image as the great democratizer with the facts of our history’.youtu.be/Pm9DJuTrO8Q
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