Davis responded with this: "While Coates makes a good point about the nation outliving its generations, he also brings up the fact that the last slave owners are dead for a long time. Who remains to be punished for the crimes committed so many years ago” ()? Bowman, Jeffrey, and Finley pointed out: “Because the original victims of slavery are long dead, there is usually no legal beneficiary for restitution. Likewise, the original perpetrators of slavery, slave owners and traders, are no longer alive to pay reparations” (). So is it fair that rich Caucasians should be punished for these acts if their