Ta-Nehisi Coates: Why Precisely Is Bernie Sanders Against Reparations?

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11. Because reparations will never

get passed by Democrats or Republicans. There is no middle ground to be found. There is no compromise. It is a ludicrous proposal to begin with.

Who determines who gets how much? Let's see. I am bi-racial. My mother's side of the family is white but were first generation Russian & Scottish immigrants in the early 20th century. Why should that side of the family have to pay for something none in their heritage ever committed? And on my father's side of the family, one line is descended from slaves and the other from freedmen. Some of those slaves were in the Caribbean as well and not in the US. So do I only then get 50% or a smaller portion thereof of any reparations due to my blood line? It is simply not a rational or feasible proposition. Nor is it ethical or likely legal either.

But getting jobs created? Yes. Working to get a better healthcare system? Sure why not? He worked with the GOP to help Vets with better physical and mental health care. Higher education for all? Yes, definitely!

Coates still believes as he was taught that social justice (racial justice) and economic justice are separate things. They are not. They must be worked on together. Always. But lambasting Sanders for not support reparations which is a monetary decision is laughably ironic given the rest of his rant.