The Case for Reparations by Ta-nehisi coates

The Atlantic

Brown Planet Productions founder Carlos Javier Ortiz was assigned by The Atlantic to supplement Ta-Nehisi Coates' critically acclaimed article “The Case for Reparations”.

During the two years that Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote his 16,000 word essay, Carlos photographed the article's subjects and the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. The various portraits and neighborhood landscapes are shot in a vivid monochromatic style and highlights decades of struggle through images of dilapidated houses, empty lots, and abandoned churches. Ta-Nehisi’s essay would go on to receive high-praise, even making and contributed heavily to our current conversation on red-lining, gentrification, and racial inequality.