Monster Culture: The Case For Reparations

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Introduction Informative, historical, and detailed are three words that describe “The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates from Rereading America. “The Case for Reparations” contains a monster that is described by one of Cohen’s theses in “Monster Culture (7 Theses), which largely deals with “monsters” in culture in which he describes them in his seven theses. The particular thesis that is discussed in the article “The Case for Reparations” is thesis four, “The Monster Dwells at the Gates of Difference”. In short, this theses describes that “difference tends to be cultural, political, racial, economic, sexual.” this thesis is fulfilled by the article from Rereading America because it talks about racial differences and how this created …show more content…

For example, a singer can be relevant to a discussion about music, but a jar of pickles cannot for they are not relevant, since there is no connection between pickles and a conversation about music. “Monster Culture (7 Theses)” by Cohen can be used to support many other topics that deal with the many things that are discussed in his article dealing with “monsters”, making his article relevant making the reliability of Cohen greater. In the other hand, “The Case for Reparations” by Coates can be used to apply to one of today’s most debated topics, equality for minorities, women, children, etc. This topic is present in today’s society and it affects millions of people every day making this article more relevant as well as reliable. Such is Coates relevance that as stated in the introduction of the article it states “in June 2014, the article generated more Web traffic in a single day than any story in the history of the magazine [The Atlantic]”, this just shows how relevant this article it was. This Coates also uses examples that occurred within less than one-hundred years, unlike Cohen that uses historical facts that date back longer. “The Case for Separations” can be considered more relevant and reliable to the present compared to Cohen’s article “Monster Culture (7 Theses)” because it is more applicable to people's personal lives since it deals with inequality, which …show more content…

Coates purpose in the article “The Case for Reparations” is clearly stated by each of the topics he has within his article and reiterated throughout the body paragraphs in it. The same goes for Cohen’s article “Monster Culture (7 Theses)” as he does this throughout his seven theses such as “The Monster’s Body Is a Cultural Body” and so on with the other theses, he too describes his purpose for each thesis throughout. Unlike Cohen, Coates purpose is clearer an easier to understand since it only involves “equality” or inequality, unlike Cohen that involves “monsters”, culture, religion, politics, and all sorts of other topics making his purpose possibly confusing. “The Case for Reparations” is an article that states a clear purpose for writing his article and makes it clear throughout the entirety of it and Cohen’s “Monster Culture” does not do this, from this the reader can conclude that “The Case for Reparations” is more reliable by revealing a clear

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