Writing Homework Help

This assignment focuses on a debate over reparations (Links to an external site.) In 2014, Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote a widely-commented upon piece in

The Atlantic called The Case for Reparations “in which he argues FOR reparations. Many writers subsequently penned responses, including Kevin D. Williamson, whose article–“The Case Against Reparations” takes the opposite stance, and will be the focus of this short assignment.

Write a 250-word, typed response in which you answer the following questions.

• What is Williamson’s overall argument in “The Case Against Reparations”?
• What specific points in Coates’s piece does he address in this article? How does he refute these specific points?
• What evidence does Williamson draw on to make his case against Coates?
• Do you find Williamson’s argument persuasive? Why or why not?