The Daily Pennsylvanian :: Ta-nehisi Coates Makes Case For Reparations At Penn
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During Coates interview with Penn history and sociology
professor Thomas Sugrue, he argued that white supremacy prevents blacks from...
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The Daily Pennsylvanian :: Ta-nehisi Coates Makes Case For Reparations At Penn
Topic matches for culture of entrepreneurship
During Coates interview with Penn history and sociology
professor Thomas Sugrue, he argued that white supremacy prevents blacks from achieving
equality. Much of Coates argument is focused on the idea that white supremacy is not a fact, but
an ideal in American society that needs to be changed. As described in his articles, memoir and
interviews, Coates wants America to acknowledge its mistakes and make amends. They should
say, I took something from you, and that made me possible, he told the Penn audience. He stated
that reparations could be a range of things. The discriminations, wrongs and specific troubles that
blacks faced has earned its proper restitution, he said, which could come in the form of money or
life opportunities like job offers and college acceptances. Still, Coates criticized affirmative action,
which he argued is used by universities to support
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