Reparations

 Caney's arguments about reparations regarding anthropogenic climate change apply to the issues of reparations for slavery. Although these two situations are quite different in what occurs under them, they relate to each other as they greatly affect the lives of people living in society at the time. Caney speaks about a Casual Party and a Beneficiary Party in regards to the reparations of climate change; the Casual party is made up of those who caused the issues and the Beneficiary Party is made up of those who benefited from the damage that was caused. When it comes to the Casual party, there are many people who are not alive today who greatly caused the climate change that we and the future can suffer. This relates to slavery as slavery was something that went on for centuries, and many of those who had slaves were no longer alive when it was being worked to end. The Beneficiary Party is made up of those who benefited from the damage, and I believe this includes almost everyone. When it came to slavery, many people benefitted from this whether it was the food they got to eat or the clothes they worse; with climate change, many people have contributed to this problem or benefitted from it due to what they eat, where they get their clothes and everyday objects, hair and makeup items they use, and transportation choices. Many people can say they try to make eco-friendly choices but just leaving your phone plugged in overnight, using specific face washes, buying many new pairs of jeans, leaving the lights on, leaving your water running while brushing your teeth, the cleaning products you use, and many other things you may do every single day greatly affect our environment. Although you are not directly emitted harmful gases into the air and disposing of waste in a harmful way and every person may feel like a raindrop in the ocean, we have still benefited from the things big corporations do and from little things we do carelessly everyday. Everyone should be held responsible in my opinion.