THEO 1089 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Emmett Till
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Analyze coates"s argument in relation to different models of responsibility. Trace and discuss coates"s argument for reparations. Focused on specific agents who arguably knowingly caused harm. Supposedly a return to a normal status quo. Social connection model (better for thinking about structural injustice) In comparison to the liability model, it is more forward looking looks for solution rather than the cause (for the sake of social transformation going forward) But in order to know how to do this, you have to know about the past. She is saying to know the past to move forward not forget about the past. Calculating the debt for each thing will probably be impossible, but we all have to chip in to the solution in order to move forward from the problem. We are all in some sense in it together. We all contribute to collective social processes. Fha and predatory contract-sellers (redlining) and major banks (wells fargo)
