Prof. Garcia | ENG 1121 - HD18 | Spring 2022

Preliminary Research and Picking a Topic

Topic: Has society made the needed reparations for slavery?

My side: No society has not made the needed reparations for slavery

Some websites i found so far about my topic:

https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/bigideas/why-we-need-reparations-for-black-americans/

https://www.crf-usa.org/brown-v-board-50th-anniversary/reparations-for-slavery-reading.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/19/slavery-reparations-from-where-things-stand-to-how-much-it-might-cost.html

I learned that not even society but the government fails to give reparations to black families or just black communities. When there are reasons why the black communities ā€œdon’t need anymore reparationsā€. The reasons I found on why reparations are still needed outweighs the opposing point. 

I chose this side of the topic because as a black woman, I want to know/learn even more about how the community I’m in is getting treated and the amount of reparations we deserve.

Question 1:

What are the reparations society has given to black communities already?

Question 2:

As the time is now, what are the things that happen to the black community that they need reparations for?

Questions 3:

Who in society has been giving reparations to the black community?

1 Comment

  1. Ruth Garcia

    Chelsea, I think this is good. I can imagine an Op-Ed that both informs the reader about what reparations is and how it works as well as makes an argument for reparations.

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