WATCH: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ full opening statement on reparations at House hearing
WATCH: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ full opening statement on reparations at House hearing
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Yesterday, when asked about reparations, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell offered a familiar reply: "America should not be held liable for something that happened a hundred and fifty years ago, since none of us currently alive are responsible." This rebuttal proffers a strange theory of governance -- that American accounts are somehow bound b... Read More
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