The topic of reparations is once again front and center, as The Atlantic makes “The Case for Reparations” in its latest cover story.
Now online: "The Case for Reparations" by Ta-Nehisi Coates http://t.co/xlpHorVPdH pic.twitter.com/nskLXn1Ogm
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) May 22, 2014
The essay by Ta-Nahisi Coates has provoked quite a bit of discussion, although not everyone is convinced the case for reparations as told by Coates holds up.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/469316825709547520
Everyone is praising how well written Ta-Nehisi Coates' reparations essay is, but the case itself is basically nonsense.
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) May 22, 2014
Don't get me wrong, the stories that Coates cites are important. They have a lot of value. But they don't make a case for reparations now.
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) May 22, 2014
MSNBC’s Touré seems convinced.
https://twitter.com/Toure/status/469619036033388544
https://twitter.com/Toure/status/469621177326260224
https://twitter.com/3rdEyeElevate/status/469622144054595584
https://twitter.com/Toure/status/469623411035996160
https://twitter.com/AndyCaldwell_2/status/469625178008616960
https://twitter.com/Toure/status/469626054584598528
Iowahawk is on the case, asking the questions the Atlantic piece never came close to covering.
Are mixed race people supposed to collect reparations from themselves? #justwondering
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 22, 2014
@iowahawkblog It's hard enough being a mixed race Conservative because I'm always calling my own ideas racist. #BlackWhiteProblems
— Torrey M. Spears ?? (@torreymspears) May 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/fasteddy2112/status/469583766579445760
@joelengel @iowahawkblog I'm studying to take the CPRA Test. Racial accounting is the industry of the future.
— LukeHandCool (@starrfin) May 22, 2014
@starrfin @joelengel @iowahawkblog My eldest is half black, son is Chinese and youngest is white. I need a CPRA.
— Todd (@MTB_TC) May 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/BrownEye002/status/469600927159451648
And another thing:
How much in reparations does the 1997 immigrant from Poland owe to the 2002 immigrant from Nigeria? #justwondering
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 22, 2014
My nephew's kids are half-white, half Japanese-Mexican. What's their estimated reparations payment? #justwondering
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 22, 2014
We'll only have true social justice when we have mandatory DNA tests to figure out how much we owe each other.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 22, 2014
How much in reparations will Tiger Woods' kids owe him? #AdvancedReparationsMath
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 22, 2014
Modest idea: encourage widespread interracial marriage, so in 100 years all our grandchildren can all have a good laugh about reparations.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/leoofborg/status/469612035907780608
@iowahawkblog OK. I'll marry Taye Diggs…for America.
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock (@kimmie_c_) May 22, 2014
Dibs on Stacey Dash #healingAmericasdivide RT @conkc2 @iowahawkblog OK. I'll marry Taye Diggs…for America.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 22, 2014
Does anyone else want to get in on this debate?
Gee, funny how reparations arguments always end with nonslaveowners having to give their money to nonslaves. #caring @instapundit
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) May 22, 2014
The moral calculus behind the reparations scam compels you to pay money & admit your corrupt blood to make it up to Beyonce's children.
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) May 22, 2014
The reparations meme shows how liberalism is just a scam to use pseudo-morality to divide up spoils among its constituencies. @instapundit
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) May 22, 2014
A short reply to the looooong 15,000+word essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Case for Reparations,http://t.co/jrcwgN0v8f pic.twitter.com/3wfXD62oMY
— BLACK CONSERVATIVE (@blackrepublican) May 22, 2014
Is the reparations thing one of those things y'all are going to talk about enough I finally feel forced to give in and read it?
— Monoid Mary (@argumatronic) May 23, 2014
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