Reparations: Pro and ConToday, the debate over reparations--whether African-Americans should be compensated for decades of racial subjugation--stands as the most racially divisive issue in American politics. In this short, definitive work, Alfred L. Brophy, a leading expert on racial violence, traces the reparations issue from the 1820s to the present in order to assess the arguments on both sides of the current debate. Taking us inside litigation and legislatures past and present; examining failed and successful lawsuits; and exploring reparations actions by legislatures, newspapers, schools, businesses, and truth commissions, this book offers a valuable historical and legal perspective for reparations advocates and critics alike. "A book about reparations and its contentious qualities that is a must-read for all. If you want to know the essence of the debate, this book is for you." --Charles K. Ogletree, Jr., Harvard Law School |
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... benefits of “white privilege.” Reparations skeptics acknowledge the tragedy and injustice, as they must, of slavery and Jim Crow. President George W. Bush, for example, in his trip to Africa in 2003 called slavery one of the greatest ...
... benefits of “white privilege.” Reparations skeptics acknowledge the tragedy and injustice, as they must, of slavery and Jim Crow. President George W. Bush, for example, in his trip to Africa in 2003 called slavery one of the greatest ...
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... benefit from the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow 3. That compensation is impracticable or politically unworkable 4. That reparations are divisive and focus attention of the black community in the wrong places 5. That slavery is, on ...
... benefit from the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow 3. That compensation is impracticable or politically unworkable 4. That reparations are divisive and focus attention of the black community in the wrong places 5. That slavery is, on ...
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... benefit. There are also related questions about how much should be paid and how much evidence of harm beneficiaries must show. The seventh chapter then turns to a series of discrete guidelines for “realistic reparations.” It explores a ...
... benefit. There are also related questions about how much should be paid and how much evidence of harm beneficiaries must show. The seventh chapter then turns to a series of discrete guidelines for “realistic reparations.” It explores a ...
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... benefits to victims of slavery and Jim Crow? This discussion of reparations is gathering force. Each side will need to have a greater understanding and appreciation of the merits of the others' arguments. The scholarship both supporting ...
... benefits to victims of slavery and Jim Crow? This discussion of reparations is gathering force. Each side will need to have a greater understanding and appreciation of the merits of the others' arguments. The scholarship both supporting ...
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... benefits it has conferred on American society and harms it has caused subsequent generations. Since then, discussion of reparations has grown explosively. Debate about reparations is now heard on college campuses, on the editorial pages ...
... benefits it has conferred on American society and harms it has caused subsequent generations. Since then, discussion of reparations has grown explosively. Debate about reparations is now heard on college campuses, on the editorial pages ...
Contents
The Recent Renascence of Reparations Debate and Refined Reparations Theory | 53 |
Reparations Practice | 95 |
Part IV Possibilities for the Future | 165 |
Appendices Documents Related to Reparations | 181 |
Notes | 213 |
For Further Reading | 277 |
Index | 281 |
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