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Isherwood  ·  3229 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bernie Sanders and Reparations - The Atlantic

Alright, I've read the case for reparations and I still don't understand his practical plan. His example of Germany giving money to the Israeli state requires two governing bodies and an exchange of funds. What he's proposing would require a black state in america to determine, which would require huge social changes to organize.

I think his best argument comes in the middle of the article. He says we haven't even studied how reparations would affect a community, so that's probably where we should start. The fact that he then goes on to say reparations is a great idea based on that one example seems a little off to me.

The idea of reparations should be studied and we should find ways to form and finance reparation coalitions before saying this is the absolutely perfect solution.