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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... slavery and Jim Crow. President George W. Bush, for example, in his trip to Africa in 2003 called slavery one of the ... legacy of now decades-old crimes. And even with the discrimination in the United States, they ask, would blacks ...
... slavery and Jim Crow. President George W. Bush, for example, in his trip to Africa in 2003 called slavery one of the ... legacy of now decades-old crimes. And even with the discrimination in the United States, they ask, would blacks ...
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... legacy of Jim Crow suggests some of the reasons that we are talking about reparations now. Although slavery ended more than 140 years ago, there was not a clean break from the era of slavery. Reparations talk is often about repairing ...
... legacy of Jim Crow suggests some of the reasons that we are talking about reparations now. Although slavery ended more than 140 years ago, there was not a clean break from the era of slavery. Reparations talk is often about repairing ...
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... 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 balance, a benefit to ...
... 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 balance, a benefit to ...
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... legacy of slavery and what we should do about it now. Is there continuing culpability? Do we need to do something to repair past harms? Do ideas of personal culpability free current taxpayers from liability? Have slaves' descendants ...
... legacy of slavery and what we should do about it now. Is there continuing culpability? Do we need to do something to repair past harms? Do ideas of personal culpability free current taxpayers from liability? Have slaves' descendants ...
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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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