A current discussion in education circles is the capitalization of the term Black. Reynolds chooses to capitalize both Black and White and does not make a mention of it throughout the text. Would commenting on this choice help his overall narrative?

With this debate happening throughout education and media circles, Reynolds makes the decision to capitalize the terms Black and White, but does not mention it. On one hand, a discussion into that fact may help sway those on the fence. On the other hand, the decision to capitalize and not defend his decision speaks to his conviction over the capitalization of the two terms. In addition, many engaged in the debate argue that White should not be capitalized, yet Reynolds capitalizes the term anyway.

Early in the text, Reynolds discusses that by 1619, Latin American slaveholders already had a lucrative slave-trading system in place, which spilled over to the North American colonies by way of the hijacking of the Bautista. If such a system was already established, why does Reynolds not dig deeper into the history of that system?