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The History of Reparations

Season 3 Episode 24 | 14m 12s

In 2014, Ta-Nehisi Coates鈥 article 鈥淭he Case for Reparations鈥 went viral. Tracing everything from the racial terror of slavery to the rampant housing discrimination of the 20th century, Coates made the case for financial reparations for the descendants of those enslaved in the US. However, this argument extends back further than 2014 and also has significance beyond the Black American community.

Aired: 12/08/20
Extras
Farewell
What's the history behind public housing?
The complicated history surrounding the European enslavement of Indigenous peoples.
Some argue for reforms, others for defunding, and others still for the complete abolition.
The United States healthcare system is letting down many Black Americans.
John Adams warned us. George Washington begged us not to.
America's last major epidemic was the HIV/AIDS crisis of 1980s and 1990s.
"Socialism" is one of THE most divisive words in America and it has been for a long time.
Danielle analyzes the homophobic history of US law.
Trace the history of the handshake from Babylonia and the early Greeks to the present.