In The Case For Reparations by Coates, chapter VI. informs the audience about Chicago’s history of racism and segregation.  This chapter is significant because it exemplifies how throughout history African Americans have been restricted to do certain things that still affect them today.  In the chapter Coates talks about how African Americans were black balled from buying houses because whites didn’t want the neighborhoods integrated. Chicago’s state government system systematically segregated neighborhoods. The government did this by denying federal home loans, using laws that were unjust, or doing illegal crimes to keep blacks and whites separated.