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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... Reparations Debate and Refined Reparations Theory 3. The Modern Black Reparations Movement: Why Now, Why, and What? 55 4. Against Reparations 75 Part III. Implementing Reparations: Reparations Practice 5. Evaluating Reparations Lawsuits ...
... Reparations Debate and Refined Reparations Theory 3. The Modern Black Reparations Movement: Why Now, Why, and What? 55 4. Against Reparations 75 Part III. Implementing Reparations: Reparations Practice 5. Evaluating Reparations Lawsuits ...
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... reparations talk.” Indeed, reparations talk has grown exponentially. People are talking about whether there is a need to ... Lawsuits have been filed, including one in 2003 by Charles Ogletree and Johnnie Cochran for victims of the Tulsa ...
... reparations talk.” Indeed, reparations talk has grown exponentially. People are talking about whether there is a need to ... Lawsuits have been filed, including one in 2003 by Charles Ogletree and Johnnie Cochran for victims of the Tulsa ...
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... reparations through lawsuits—what lawsuits require in terms of proof, the hurdles faced in court, and the types of relief they might provide. In short, lawsuits are poorly designed to provide the relief sought by reparations because ...
... reparations through lawsuits—what lawsuits require in terms of proof, the hurdles faced in court, and the types of relief they might provide. In short, lawsuits are poorly designed to provide the relief sought by reparations because ...
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... lawsuit. There may be some limited lawsuits that will be successful, such as suits for return of specific property taken from slaves, against universities that received donations from slaveholders who made fortunes off slave labor, for ...
... lawsuit. There may be some limited lawsuits that will be successful, such as suits for return of specific property taken from slaves, against universities that received donations from slaveholders who made fortunes off slave labor, for ...
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... reparations has grown explosively. Debate about reparations is now heard on college campuses, on the editorial pages of ... lawsuits. That scholarship built on such prominent precedents as the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which provided ...
... reparations has grown explosively. Debate about reparations is now heard on college campuses, on the editorial pages of ... lawsuits. That scholarship built on such prominent precedents as the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which provided ...
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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