This essay focuses on the case for reparation. As the area quickly develop into a rail and commerce crossroads.

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Length: 200-300 words   Complete ONE of the two options below:   Option 1: Read: The Case for Reparations, by Ta-Nehisi Coates (available here).   Prompt:  Answer ONE of the three prompts below: a)     What are your impressions of the case for reparations? b)

 What similarities can you find between the historical stories that Ta-Nehisi Coates highlights and the present day?.

In what specific ways do racism and oppression persist? c)     What has the U.S. done to redress the harm done by slavery?. Can the harm done by slavery be further address? Should it be? How?.   Option 2: Listen: Episode 427 of Freakonomics Radio “Pros and Cons of Reparations.” https://freakonomics.com/podcast/reparations-part-2/   Prompt. Which economist do you think proposed the best solution Derrick Hamilton (pro-reparations). Or Glenn Loury (focused on the wealth gap)? Explain what you mean by best. (e.g., most feasible, most attune to the problems create by the legacy of slavery, most just, etc.).

The policy you have chosen is a better fit for those criteria than the other policy.

Once known as Junction Grove, the rich history of Englewood began in the mid-1800s. As the area quickly develop into a rail and commerce crossroads. Junction Grove changed its name to Englewood in 1868, and in 1889, it became part of the City of Chicago.

With its cross streets at 63rd and Halsted, the four railroad stations. And the 63rd Street ‘L’ stop, Englewood has long been a transportation hub of the southwest side. This easy access help to make Englewood one of the largest outlying business districts. In the country for much of the first half of the 20th century (Roberts & Stamz, 2002).

Racial strife shook the 1950s and ’60s, white flight occur from US communities while African Americans move in.

Subsequently, banks refused to lend money to people trying to start businesses or buy homes. In African American neighb

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orhoods, and major grocery stores and other companies refused to open branches. Englewood was no exception (Lydersen, 2011). Further, political redistricting has resulted in Englewood being divided into five

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districts, each of which is assigned to a different Illinois district. This has created more division and strife. Can you identify the political, economic and socio-cultural factors resulting from oppression and power?

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