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Ta-Nehisi Coates "shocked" to see reparations conversation continuing

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates pushed the issue of payments to descendants of slaves into the national discussion with his landmark 2014 essay, “The Case for Reparations.” That conversation continues today in institutions across the country, and Democratic presidential candidates are also raising the issue. Coates joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss why reparations are a generational struggle and the importance of the H.R.40 bill that would study reparation proposals.
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