"The Case for Reparations" is an article written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and published in The Atlantic in 2014. The article focuses on redlining and housing discrimination through the eyes of people who have experienced it and the devastating effects it has had on the African-American community. "The Case for Reparations" received critical acclaim and was named the "Top Work of Journalism of the Decade" by New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.[1] It also skyrocketed Coates' career and led him to write Between the World and Me, a New York Times Best Seller and winner of numerous nonfiction awards. It took Coates two years to finish this 16,000 word essay. Coates stated that his goal was to get people to stop laughing at the idea of reparations.[2] The article has been described as highly influential, sparking an interest among politicians, activists and policy-makers to pursue reparations.[3]
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- ^ Adams, Kirsten; Kreiss, Daniel (2021). "Power in Ideas: A Case-Based Argument for Taking Ideas Seriously in Political Communication". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved April 8, 2021.