The Case for Reparations

Coates is not advocating for real payment of the oppressed African Americans but the spiritual renewal of the Americans. The author is giving a message of the need for a revolution where democracy would mean that all the American are entitled to equal rights and justice. The author of the article has intended the people living in America to stand as the audiences, and this would help them to push for justice and equality in the American society. It is evident that Coates tone throughout the article keeps changing depending on the topic. For instance, Coates uses a sad tone when giving the scenarios where loan officers referred to their blacks black customers as the ‘mud people’ (Dowd et al. Works Cited Dowd, Alicia C, and Estela M.