Coates' "The Case for Reparations"

1. Why begin this article with a quote from the Old Testament and one from John Locke?
2. Why use Clyde Ross, a resident of North Lawndale in particular, to illustrate much of this article?
3. Just considering housing as a topic, how does housing policy illustrate systematic racism?
4. "We invoke the words of Jefferson and Lincoln because they say something about our legacy and our traditions.
We do this because we recognize our links to the past - at least when they flatter us. But black history does not
flatter American democracy; it chastens it White supremacy is not merely the work of hotheaded
demagogues, or a matter of false consciousness, but a force so fundamental to America that it is difficult to
imagine the country without it." From Coates' evidence, explain this.
5. What would "paying reparations" to American blacks look like to Coates?

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Use this excerpt from the corpus luris civilis (justinian's law code) to answer the following question: with the aid of god governing our empire, which was delivered to us by his celestial majesty, we carry on war successfully. we ador peace and maintain the constitution of the state, and have such confidence in the protection of almighty god that we do not depend upon our arms, or upon our soldiers, or upon those who conduct our wars, or upon our own genlus, but we solely place our reliance upon the providence of the holy trinity, from which are derived the elements of the entire world and their disposition throughout the globe. --public domain from this excerpt of the prologue of the corpus luris civilis, what departure from older roman traditions is clear? the laws show that the empire has developed a bureaucracy that makes normal soldering unnecessary. the law now honors christianity as a central part of the empire's existence. the law explains that the roman empire is using war to spread roman ideas. the law has replaced old social class divisions with an egalitarian church,

How different might ayuba's experiences of slavery have been had he been sold in jamaica rather than maryland?

Congress could only request money and had no power to tax; each state made its own money; there was no national court system. which one of these weaknesses do you believe was the most important to correct?