The United States is a young country. Compared to the rest of the world, especially Europe, the US is infantile. So it’s not surprising that we are still working out the kinks in our government and society. This is exactly why Cose suggests that we have reparations for slavery.
The Constitution was written with the idea that it would be improved, in the hopes of refining this nation’s government. Much like Open-Source software (yes, I know I’m a geek), our government was to be continuously updating and re-evaluating itself. This process happens when a group of people get together, figure out if something is wrong, what is wrong with it, then how to fix it. Then the adjustments are made, and everyone is hunky-dory.
Here’s why Cose wants Reparations: Because it admits that we have faults, and tries to correct for them in a constructive way. The reason that people are against it is because it reveals a deep fissure in the “Perfect America” people kid themselves into believing we live in. America is not perfect. The reason that I (occasionally) am proud OK living here is that the system is built for those kinds of imperfections. That’s why the Supreme Court exists. It’s the idiots that are afraid of change and the difficulties that come with it that oppose the reparations.
Case Closed.
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