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Reparations: Classroom Discussion Guide

A discussion guide I'm using for my class in our reading & discussion of Ta-Nehisi Coates's "The Case for Reparations."

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Reparations: Classroom Discussion Guide

A discussion guide I'm using for my class in our reading & discussion of Ta-Nehisi Coates's "The Case for Reparations."

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Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Case for Reparations

The Atlantic Monthly (May 21, 2014)


Discussion Guide

Read Ta-Nehisi Coatess The Case for Reparations
<http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/the-case-for-reparations/361631/>
& answer these questions. Be prepared to discuss your answers in class.

1. Prior to reading The Case for Reparations, what did you know about reparations as
an idea, and as an actual practice by governments?


2. Coates describes Jim Crow-era Mississippi as a kleptocracy. What does he mean by
that?


3. What is redlining?


4. Who is Clyde Ross and why is his story important to the argument Coates is making?


5. What is HR 40?


6. When many people discuss reparations, it is often in reference to slavery. What other
damaging policies does Coates highlight as the basis for his case? Why do you think he is
focusing his discussion on post-slavery offenses?


7. At the end of Chapter 9 (IX), what does Coates mean when he speaks specifically of
reparations?


8. What have been some of the ways people have pursued reparations in the past? Which
were successful? Which were not?


9. In thinking about Coatess argument for reparations:
- Who is/are the party/parties responsible?

- Who is/are the party/parties affected?

- What are the specific grievances / acts of offense?

- What are the impacts of such acts?

10. Do you think African Americans have a case for reparations from the United States
government? What form do you think such reparations should take?

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