I think Coates gave the most successful testimony at the reparations hearing. He did this by abandoning many of his usual tricks: reparations come from the government, not from white people; they're similar to other repayments of debt, not some magical, transcendent thing; etc.
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Coates was eloquent and made some good points, but I wonder how reparations would fix the problems he mentioned - wealth disparity, maternal mortality, prison demographics. These are complex issues that should be addressed, but are reparations the solution?
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I suppose I agree with Coleman on that score, that reparations are not an efficient way to make a dent in those problems.
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Reparations are about acknowledging responsibility for wrongs more than they are for solving the problems of a massive, diverse nation. One question I have: supposing the country got behind a major reparations plan and enacted it. Would that resolve all the anger? I doubt it
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of course not, it'll escalate it because everybody who was angry and received reparations will conclude that their anger got them paid
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