Watkins, Dwight2020-10-132020-10-132019-03-20Watkins, D. “Reparations are overdue: "Confronting the truth" about slavery means paying for it” Salon, Salon.com, 20 March. 2019, https://www.salon.com/2019/03/19/reparations-are-overdue-confronting-the-truth-about-slavery-means-paying-for-it/http://hdl.handle.net/11603/19839The topic of slavery reparations is finally trending again, nearly five years after Ta-Nehisi Coates' essay in The Atlantic making the case. Even 2020 presidential candidates are talking about it — or displaying creative ways to avoid the issue. But before we talk about why reparations are necessary, let’s knock out some light housekeeping."Not if it means just a cash payment or a check," says Bernie Sanders. Why on earth not?en-USPublic Domain Mark 1.0SlaveryReparationsSlavery reparationEconomicpoliticalHistory of slaveryText