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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... programs, and that many of the 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 ...
... programs, and that many of the 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 ...
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... programs, and payments to individuals. It then turns to a basic definition of reparations: legislative and court action designed to address historic injustices. Reparations are programs that seek both to repair past damage and to build ...
... programs, and payments to individuals. It then turns to a basic definition of reparations: legislative and court action designed to address historic injustices. Reparations are programs that seek both to repair past damage and to build ...
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... programs is that provided by Congress in 1862 for slaves freed in the District of Columbia. Slaveholders who were ... programs of the Great Society of the mid-1960s, and the affirmative action programs of the late 1960s and 1970s has not ...
... programs is that provided by Congress in 1862 for slaves freed in the District of Columbia. Slaveholders who were ... programs of the Great Society of the mid-1960s, and the affirmative action programs of the late 1960s and 1970s has not ...
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Pro and Con Alfred L. Brophy. tion programs of the late 1960s and 1970s has not been fulfilled, at least in the minds of many blacks. As Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court cut back on affirmative action programs in the 1980s, many ...
Pro and Con Alfred L. Brophy. tion programs of the late 1960s and 1970s has not been fulfilled, at least in the minds of many blacks. As Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court cut back on affirmative action programs in the 1980s, many ...
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... programs, like the Great Society 2. That taxpayers should not have to pay, because they are innocent; that is, they have no culpability for the actions of past legislators and private individuals, and they have no benefit from the ...
... programs, like the Great Society 2. That taxpayers should not have to pay, because they are innocent; that is, they have no culpability for the actions of past legislators and private individuals, and they have no benefit from the ...
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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