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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Page xii
... problems with black educational and economic achievement seem to stem from single-parent families, rather than from the legacy of now decades-old crimes. And even with the discrimination in the United States, they ask, would blacks ...
... problems with black educational and economic achievement seem to stem from single-parent families, rather than from the legacy of now decades-old crimes. And even with the discrimination in the United States, they ask, would blacks ...
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... problem with understanding the movement is that it is going in several different directions at once. Some moderate members of the movement see it as a way of correcting a historical injustice, which will ultimately move us toward an ...
... problem with understanding the movement is that it is going in several different directions at once. Some moderate members of the movement see it as a way of correcting a historical injustice, which will ultimately move us toward an ...
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... problems with lawsuits. That scholarship built on such prominent precedents as the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which provided compensation to Japanese Americans interned during World War II, and Florida's payment to victims of the 1923 ...
... problems with lawsuits. That scholarship built on such prominent precedents as the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which provided compensation to Japanese Americans interned during World War II, and Florida's payment to victims of the 1923 ...
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... problems. Some whites. table 1.1 Percentage of Alabamians Favoring Apologies and Payments Blacks Whites Government should apologize for slavery 73 24 Corporations that benefited should apologize 76 31 Corporations that benefited from ...
... problems. Some whites. table 1.1 Percentage of Alabamians Favoring Apologies and Payments Blacks Whites Government should apologize for slavery 73 24 Corporations that benefited should apologize 76 31 Corporations that benefited from ...
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... problems. Some whites became so enraged at the mere suggestion of reparations that they could not complete the poll.9 Lest one think that Alabama is out of step with attitudes elsewhere in the United States, that racial gap is fairly ...
... problems. Some whites became so enraged at the mere suggestion of reparations that they could not complete the poll.9 Lest one think that Alabama is out of step with attitudes elsewhere in the United States, that racial gap is fairly ...
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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