Davis responded thus: “Although Coates raises a good point about the nation outliving its generations, he also raises the fact that the last slaveholders are long dead. Who remains to be punished for the crimes committed many years ago” ()? Bowman, Jeffrey, and Finley pointed out: “Because the original victims of slavery are long dead, there is usually no legal recipient for restitution. Likewise, the original perpetrators of slavery, both slave owners and slave traders, are no longer alive to pay reparations” (). So it is only fair that rich Caucasians are punished for their acts