Cose

The case Cose makes for the importance of reparations to damaged parties takes two forms. The first is that parties done damage by the government deserve an apology and honest attempts at restitution in order for them to realize that society is making a real attempt to right the wrongs it has done. Until this happens, people are forced to live in shame with the things they have experienced and don’t believe society cares about them. The other reason is that, in the example of the blacks, the damage has persisted; keeping current descendants in a lower economic level due to their ancestor’s mistreatment, and the only way to correct this is to assist those damaged communities in becoming whole. Making reparations matters to society as a whole because it shows we are committed to the ideals laid down in the constitution and are willing to make sacrifices in order to stay true to whom we are. Also, in fixing those communities who were damaged by our past actions, we create a stronger, more unified nation in which to live. A house divided cannot stand, and until we fix the division our nation will never stand tall.