Macaulay Seminar 4, IDH 4001H, Prof. Botein, Spring 2018

Category Class 11 (Mar 8)

Talk of Reparations

Kevin Williamson: Mr. Coates, it’s a pleasure to finally meet you. Thank you for coming; I’ve been looking forward to our discussion together. Ta-Nehisi Coates: Mr. Williamson, likewise, and thank you for inviting me. I’ve read your response article on… Continue Reading →

The Case for Reparations Dialogue

Coates: Good Evening Mr. Williamson, I appreciate the time you took to meet with me this evening. I have read your reply to my work, and I would like to pick your brain on a few of your rebuttal points… Continue Reading →

Coates-Williamson debate on Reparations (Response #7)

Coates: Hi Mr Williamson. It is a pleasure to finally be able to meet to you discuss our views on reparations. Williamson: Hello Mr Coates. Likewise. If it is alright with you, I would like to dive right into the… Continue Reading →

A Heated Topic

Coates: Mr. Williamson, I appreciate you taking the time to fully analyze the arguments and steps forward I proposed in my monograph. However, I obviously can’t help but respectfully disagree with all of your points. African Americans have had the… Continue Reading →

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Kevin Williamson

Coates: Hello, Mr. Williamson. It’s a pleasure to finally meet you. So, I heard that you made a response to the article that I published on the Atlantic. Help me understand your reasoning because I frankly cannot wrap my head… Continue Reading →

The Fight For Reparations

Coates: Mr. Williamson your oppositions toward me may be valid but also fairly flawed. You stated that we as a country will be spitting ourselves based on race, if we were to make programs to benefit one race as opposed… Continue Reading →

Reparations Dialogue

Coates: Good afternoon, Mr. Williamson. I appreciate you taking the time to meet me today, and I hope we can have a productive discussion about some of your comments in response to my work. Part of being an intelligent writer… Continue Reading →

What Should Be Done About Reparations?

Coates: Hello Mr. Williamson. Please allow me to skip over any pleasantries and directly address the final claim of your paper. That “The people to whom reparations were owed are long dead; our duty is to the living, and to… Continue Reading →

Reparations: A Debate

Coates: Mr. Williamson, while I appreciate your comprehensive response to my article, I believe you may be missing my broader point. You mentioned that the political interests of African Americans are best served by equality under the law, and I’m… Continue Reading →

Reparations: A Peaceful Exchange

Williamson: While I admire your courage, I simply cannot agree with your stance — because there is no real need for reparations. Coates: How can you say that? America’s history is littered with cases where African Americans were completely humiliated… Continue Reading →

Case FOR Reparations

Coates: Good afternoon, Mr. Williamson. I have read your response and I must say, we differ greatly on our views of whether reparations should be implemented into our nation.   Williamson: Good afternoon, Mr. Coates. Although, we may disagree on… Continue Reading →

Reparations: A Conversation

The year is 2018. The Location: A Coffee Shop in Brooklyn, NY. Coates: Hi Mr. Williamson. I appreciate you coming to sit down and chat. I saw your response to my view on reparations and I’m glad that we finally… Continue Reading →

Dialogues

Coates “Well Mr.Williamson, hope everything is going well; I appreciate you coming here and sit down with me to chat.” Williamson “Same to you. Even though our ideologies are quite different, I still appreciate the opportunity to learn from your… Continue Reading →

Dialogue between Coates and Williamson

Ta-Nehisi Coates: Nice to finally meet you, Kevin. I feel like I know you already after reading so much about what you think about the way I think. I say this in all seriousness, I am pleased to sit down… Continue Reading →

Case for Reparations?

Coates: Mr. Williamson, I understand that we do not see eye to eye on the idea that there should be reparations for the legacy that slavery has on our nation. Williamson: That is correct. Although your piece has served society,… Continue Reading →

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