Are you serious? Mr.
Coates only reminds all of America the long standing injustices
and broken promises to former slave and their descendants. Let me remind you that Black Americans have been really loyal Americans. We deserve
Reparations. Kicking the can further
down the road is counterproductive. Reparations should be supported by all
American including you. Black Americans have stood in the gap and sacrificed
unwillingly for you and your friends and colleagues for hundreds of years and
still do today. Show some appreciation. Support a just cause. No fair
minded person can work against this
unless they are absent of the facts. We provided you with an prosperous opportunity while we
were denied ours. You should be on the reparation band wagon simply because it
is the right thing to do. Don’t you believe in justice for all people? Or do
you believe in justice for all people except Black people especially those in
the United States. No amount of money can make it completely right but an
inheritance of reparations surely would make our lives a lot better. I will go
a step further and say All America will benefit just as much and I think White
America will benefit the most. I am serious.
Honestly you come across as a racist. I hope you deny this
because I want to believe that you are just uninformed. I am being objective. I
cannot understand how a 21st
century White man could have such out dated beliefs especially with all the
information available to you through science and technology. The information is
there. Research it. If you lived in the 19th century it is a real
good chance you would be a slave owner.
I say this not to anger you but to wake you up. There is
no way a man with justice in his heart can justify damaging a whole race of
people for hundreds of years and still
feel that this Government and society do
not owe them anything. It’s a classic case of blaming the victim.
I suggest you get to know some Black people. Read about
us. Read our history. It’s American history too. We are 100% American.
I still cannot understand
why you have to respond to Mr.
Coates article at all because any just person knows reparations will repair all
of America not just the descendants of slaves. Personally I am so excited about
the prospects of reparations. I am so glad Mr. Coates wrote on this subject.
The article should have been name “The Overwhelming Case for Reparations.” I am
sure that what he meant .
